CIRCUMVOLVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does circumvolve mean? 

• CIRCUMVOLVE (verb)
  The verb CIRCUMVOLVE has 1 sense:

1. cause to turn on an axis or center

  Familiarity information: CIRCUMVOLVE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCUMVOLVE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to turn on an axis or center

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

circumvolve; rotate

Context example:

Rotate the handle

Hypernyms (to "circumvolve" is one way to...):

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Cause:

go around; revolve; rotate (turn on or around an axis or a center)

Verb group:

go around; revolve; rotate (turn on or around an axis or a center)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "circumvolve"):

crank; crank up (rotate with a crank)

birl; spin; twirl; whirl (cause to spin)

birl; birle (cause a floating log to rotate by treading)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

circumvolution (the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis)