[verb] - to (cause to) move round a central point or lineThe Earth revolves (UK) round/(US and ANZ) around (= moves around) the sun in an ellipse. [I]The gun turret revolved until the gun was aimed at the advancing soldiers. [I]The platform is revolved by a small electric motor. [T](figurative) His life revolves around (= He's only interested in) football. [I](figurative) All the questions revolved around (= were connected with) what she had been doing on the night of the robbery. [I]A revolving door is a set of doors which you go through by pushing them round in a circle.See picture: Doors
REVOLVE
Meaning of REVOLVE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012