Roll

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English

Verb

to roll (rolls, rolled, rolling)

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel
To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
roll a sheet of paper
roll clay or putty into a ball
To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; often with up
roll up a parcel
To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
a river rolls its waters to the ocean
To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out.
roll forth someone's praises
roll out sentences
To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
roll a field
roll paste
roll steel rails
To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
(geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.

Noun

roll (plural rolls)

The act of rolling, or state of being rolled.
the roll of a ball
the roll of waves
That which rolls; a roller
Specifically, a heavy cylinder used to break clods.
Specifically, one of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through the rolls.
That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
Specifically, a document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
Specifically, a quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.
Specifically, A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.
(nautical) The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.
A heavy, reverberatory sound.
the roll of cannon
the roll of thunder
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
(obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.
A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
Quotations
- 1882: Parchement is sold by the dozen, and by the roll of five dozens. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 594.

WordNet Definitions

fifteen

1. axial rotation, axial motion, roll -- (rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation").
2. roll, roster -- (a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls").
3. roller, roll, rolling wave -- (a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore).
4. roll -- (photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light).
5. coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll -- (a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles).
6. bankroll, roll -- (a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.); "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag").
7. bun, roll -- (small rounded bread either plain or sweet).
8. peal, pealing, roll, rolling -- (a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)).
9. paradiddle, roll, drum roll -- (the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously).
10. scroll, roll -- (a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)).
11. roll -- (anything rolled up in cylindrical form).
12. cast, roll -- (the act of throwing dice).
13. roll -- (walking with a rolling gait).
14. roll -- (a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude).
15. roll -- (the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)).

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1. roll, turn over -- (move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side").
2. wheel, roll -- (move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds").
3. roll, undulate -- (occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past").
4. roll out, roll -- (flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper").
5. roll -- (emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums").
6. wind, wrap, roll, twine -- (wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool").
7. roll -- (begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling").
8. roll -- (shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette").
9. roll -- (execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped").
10. hustle, pluck, roll -- (sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity).
11. roll, undulate, flap, wave -- (move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach").
12. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond -- (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town").
13. roll -- (move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas").
14. roll, revolve -- (cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words").
15. roll -- (pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's").
16. seethe, roll -- (boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled").
17. roll -- (take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well").
18. roll, roll up -- (show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly").

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