▪ pass to each member of a group in a regularly recurring order: "the job of chairing the meeting rotates"Similaralternatetake turnstake it in turnswork/act in sequencetrade placeschangeswitchinterchangeexchangeswappass from one to another in rotationmove around
▪ grow (different crops) in succession on a particular piece of land to avoid exhausting the soil and to control weeds, pests, and diseases: "these crops were sometimes rotated with grass"
▪ change the position of (tires) on a motor vehicle to distribute wear evenly.
Word Originlate 16th century (in rotatory adjective): from Latin rotat- ‘turned in a circle’, from the verb rotare, from rota ‘wheel’.
