revolve around

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Verb	1.	revolve around - center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about concern, have-to doe with, pertain, bear on, come to, touch on, refer, relate, touch - be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
	2.	revolve around - move around in a circular motion; "The Earth revolves around the Sun" circle around, circle round circle - travel around something; "circle the globe"

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Biela's comet celestial body center center on circle around circle round circumstellar concentrate on Copernican Copernicus Nicolaus focus on have-to doe with hinge on Jovicentric major planet orbit outer planet pertain planet			This center, formed of indefinite molecules, began to revolve around its own axis during its gradual condensation; then, following the immutable laws of mechanics, in proportion as its bulk diminished by condensation, its rotary motion became accelerated, and these two effects continuing, the result was the formation of one principal star, the center of the nebulous mass. From The Earth To The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context Some conjecture even that all these suns, with their several systems, our own included, revolve around a common centre that is invisible to us, but which is the actual throne of God; the comets that we note and measure being heavenly messengers, as it might be, constantly passing from one of these families of worlds to another. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context			Revolutionary calendar Revolutionary calendar month revolutionary group Revolutionary Justice Organization Revolutionary Organization 17 November Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims Revolutionary People's Liberation Front Revolutionary People's Liberation Party Revolutionary People's Struggle Revolutionary Proletarian Army Revolutionary Proletarian Initiative Nuclei Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus Revolutionary United Front Revolutionary War Revolutionary Wars Revolutioner revolutionise revolutionism revolutionist revolutionize revolutions per minute Revolutive revolvable revolve revolve about revolve around revolved Revolvement Revolvency revolver revolving revolving charge account revolving credit revolving door Revolving firearm revolving fund Revolving light revue Revulse revulsed revulsion revulsive Rew rewa-rewa rewake rewaken reward reward card reward claim Rewardable Rewarder			revolutionizes revolutionizing revolutionizing Revolutionizing Manufacturing Systems with Pervasive Computing Revolutions Revolutions Revolutions Revolutions of 1848 Revolutions of 1848 in France Revolutions On Request Revolutions Per Hour revolutions per minute revolutions per minute revolutions per minute revolutions per minute Revolutions Per Orbit Revolutions Per Second Revolutive revolvable revolvable revolvable revolve revolve revolve revolve revolve revolve about revolve about revolve about revolve about revolve around revolve in the mind revolved revolved revolved revolved revolved about revolved about revolved about revolved around revolved around revolved around Revolvement Revolvency revolver revolver revolver revolver revolver Revolvers Revolvers Revolvers Revolvers revolves revolves revolves revolves about revolves about revolves about revolves around revolves around

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