Pivot: English to English |
Pivot (n.) A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns. |
Pivot (n.) Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise. |
Pivot (n.) The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch. |
Pivot (n.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man. |
Pivot (v. t.) To place on a pivot. |