vt to place on a pivot.
2. pivot ·noun a fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
3. pivot ·noun the end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
4. pivot ·noun the officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling;
called also pivot man.
5. pivot ·noun hence, figuratively: a turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.