Word Meaning

pivots definition and meaning

n. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
n. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
n. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.
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.
v. t. To place on a pivot.

Crossword clues for pivots

- Come about
- Fulcrum
- Hinge
- Move on axis
- Move on hinge
- Rotate top four
- Spin
- Swivel
- Turning point
- Fulcrums
- Moves on hinge
- Spins pots around four Romans