The Clue
Takes turns (7 letter answer)
The Answer
ROTATES
Tags
Notes
The answer ROTATES is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1000 puzzles.
Related Clues
Gyrates
Pirouettes
Pivots
Revolves
Turns
Wheels
Goes around
Moves in a tired way?
What Earth does
Works on, as a set of tires
Definition
ROTATE as a verb:
1. (revolve, go around, rotate) = turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
2. exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"
3. (rotate, circumvolve) = cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
4. perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"
5. (turn out, splay, spread out, rotate) = turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
6. plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"