revolve

revolve
1. transitive verb
drehen
2. intransitive verb
sich drehen (round, about, on um)

everything revolves around her — sie ist der Mittelpunkt[, um den sich alles dreht]

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[rə'volv]
verb
(to move, roll or turn (in a complete circle) around a central point, axis etc: A wheel revolves on its axle; This disc can be revolved; The Moon revolves (a)round the Earth; The Earth revolves about the Sun and also revolves on its axis.) sich drehen
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- revolving
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re·volve
[rɪˈvɒlv, AM -ˈvɑ:lv]
I. vi sich akk drehen
▪ to \revolve around [or BRIT round] sth sich akk um etw akk drehen a. fig; (fig)
he thinks everything \revolves around him er glaubt, alles drehe sich nur um ihn
to \revolve on an axis sich akk um eine Achse drehen
II. vt
▪ to \revolve sth etw drehen
* * *
[rɪ'vɒlv]
1. vt
drehen
2. vi
sich drehen

to revolve on an axis/around the sun — sich um eine Achse/um die Sonne drehen

he thinks everything revolves around him (fig) — er glaubt, alles drehe sich nur um ihn

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revolve [rıˈvɒlv; US auch rıˈvɑlv]
A v/i
1. besonders MATH, PHYS, TECH sich drehen, kreisen, rotieren (on oder about an axis um eine Achse; round um einen Mittelpunkt, die Sonne etc)
2. einen Kreislauf bilden, (im Kreislauf) dahinrollen (Jahreszeiten etc)
3. fig (im Kopf) herumgehen:
an idea revolves in my mind mir geht eine Idee im Kopf herum
4. revolve about (oder around) fig sich um jemanden od etwas drehen (Gedanken etc)
B v/t
1. drehen, rotieren lassen
2. fig (hin und her) überlegen, Gedanken, ein Problem wälzen
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1. transitive verb
drehen
2. intransitive verb
sich drehen (round, about, on um)

everything revolves around her — sie ist der Mittelpunkt[, um den sich alles dreht]

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v.
drehen v.
sich drehen v.
umkreisen v.

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