pivot
പിവട്ട്
definition
verb
the sail pivots around the axis of a virtually static mast
turn on or as if on a pivot.
noun
The insert requires minimal preventive-maintenance grease at its pivot points and axles.
the central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates.
example
the 'pivot' of community life was the chapel
Interesting facts on the turning 'pivot' of the war - few generals in history had the luck of General George B. McClellan.
Put the ball down hard on the floor, before you pick up your 'pivot' foot.
For the U.S., Okinawa is the 'pivot' of its East Asian military presence.
The 'pivot' of this arc of instability is the new state of Timor Leste.
Along the guardrail, a hundred ballistaes lay ready to load and fire, each set on a 'pivot' and swivel.
A variation on heel-drag spinouts is to use your brake-pad as the 'pivot' .
Germany used to be the 'pivot' of the European economy.
An additional bronze bushing is used between the ram and its 'pivot' pin.
By rotating the dial, the 'pivot' point or the fulcrum of the brake lever moves in and out.
Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy, was a crucial 'pivot' of U.S. policy from the 1970s forward.
Sirk, to his everlasting credit, steers her clear of self-parody by making her the 'pivot' of the story.
The rear foot becomes the 'pivot' foot, so don't move it if you stop dribbling.
He wavered, his reason rocking on the 'pivot' of his conviction.
Adjust the seat so that the small of your back rests flush against it and your knees are in line with the 'pivot' point of the pulley.
Washington-based realists tend to see the U.S. as the 'pivot' of the future.
The trees hid the 'pivot' points, while the bushes hid the gate itself.
The closer the central 'pivot' point is to the cam, the wider the valve opening.
The 'pivot' of this change was the Enlightenment, a time when the rational took ascendance over the mystical.
The insert requires minimal preventive-maintenance grease at its 'pivot' points and axles.
To 'pivot' to the left, you press down on your right big toe.
Find the central 'pivot' point and bring it front and center on the phone, on TV on the stump, and at the door.
This is the very 'pivot' of Bush's foreign policy.
Dunc is one of the few players in the NBA with a significant go-to move; his inside 'pivot' into the rocker step position off the glass is deadly from 12 to 15 feet.
You can see the gears that turned to 'pivot' the enormous centre section of the bridge into the air, allowing riverboats to pass underneath.
The plotting board is set up with the base gun representing the 'pivot' point.
Perhaps the multiplicity of 'pivot' pins is what makes Art the immeasurable, great?
No - she had been the 'pivot' of it all, the centre, the core.
The pair at the rear of the 'pivot' joint immediately underneath the crane base is the most used.
It is implicitly, and has been historically, the strategic 'pivot' of the world.
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