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1. | [ verb ] to rotate or cause to rotate | |
Synonyms: | turn_over revolve | |
Examples: | : "The child rolled down the hill" "She rolled the ball" "They rolled their eyes at his words" "turn over to your left side" |
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Related terms: | turn move transit rim roll_over avalanche axial_motion | |
2. | [ verb ] move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle | |
Synonyms: | wheel | |
Examples: | "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" |
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Related terms: | travel bowl troll axial_motion wheeling | |
3. | [ verb ] occur in soft rounded shapes | |
Synonyms: | undulate | |
Examples: | "The hills rolled past" |
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Related terms: | coil | |
4. | [ verb ] flatten or spread with a roller | |
Synonyms: | roll_out | |
Examples: | "roll out the paper" |
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Related terms: | flatten cog mill coil | |
5. | [ verb ] wrap or coil around | |
Synonyms: | wrap wind twine | |
Examples: | "roll your hair around your finger" "Twine the thread around the spool" |
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Related terms: | unwind move coil ball spool reel clue roll_up roll_up winder curler winder | |
6. | [ noun ] a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | |
Synonyms: | gyration revolution rotation | |
Examples: | "the plane made three rotations before it crashed" "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" |
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Related terms: | turning axial_motion clockwise_rotation counterclockwise_rotation spin orbital_motion wallow spin | |
7. | [ noun ] a list of names | |
Synonyms: | roster | |
Examples: | "his name was struck off the rolls" |
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Related terms: | list batting_order waiting_list church_roll muster_roll rota death-roll | |
8. | [ noun ] rotary motion of an object around its own axis | |
Synonyms: | axial_rotation axial_motion | |
Examples: | "wheels in axial rotation" |
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Related terms: | rotation wallow wheel wind | |
9. | [ verb ] emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound | |
Examples: | "The thunder rolled" "rolling drums" |
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Related terms: | go paradiddle | |
10. | [ noun ] a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore | |
Synonyms: | rolling_wave roller | |
Related terms: | wave undulate | |
11. | [ noun ] (photography) photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light | |
Related terms: | film | |
12. | [ verb ] begin operating or running | |
Examples: | "The cameras were rolling" "The presses are already rolling" |
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Related terms: | go | |
13. | [ verb ] execute a roll, in tumbling | |
Examples: | "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" |
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Related terms: | tumble axial_motion | |
14. | [ verb ] shape by rolling | |
Examples: | "roll a cigarette" |
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Related terms: | shape coil | |
15. | [ verb ] move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | |
Synonyms: | flap wave undulate | |
Examples: | "The curtains undulated" "the waves rolled towards the beach" |
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Related terms: | move luff wave wave roller undulation | |
16. | [ verb ] move, rock, or sway from side to side | |
Examples: | "The ship rolled on the heavy seas" |
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Related terms: | rock | |
17. | [ verb ] move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | |
Synonyms: | wander roam drift range stray rove vagabond cast ramble tramp swan | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | travel maunder gallivant stray wander straggler wanderer alley_cat wandering rambler vagabond drifting hiker | |
18. | [ verb ] (phonetics) pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/ "She rolls her r's". | |
Related terms: | pronounce | |
19. | [ verb ] boil vigorously | |
Synonyms: | seethe | |
Examples: | "The liquid was seething" "The water rolled" |
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Related terms: | churn | |
20. | [ noun ] (games) the act of throwing dice | |
Synonyms: | cast | |
Related terms: | throw natural craps | |
21. | [ noun ] a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) | |
Synonyms: | pealing peal rolling | |
Related terms: | sound ring toll | |
22. | [ noun ] the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously | |
Synonyms: | drum_roll paradiddle | |
Related terms: | sound | |
23. | [ noun ] (transportation) a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude | |
Related terms: | flight_maneuver barrel_roll snap_roll | |
24. | [ verb ] (criminal law) sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and esp. underhanded activity | |
Synonyms: | pluck hustle | |
Related terms: | steal streetwalker | |
25. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) small rounded bread either plain or sweet | |
Synonyms: | bun | |
Related terms: | bread sweet_roll kaiser_roll crescent_roll brioche hard_roll soft_roll Parker_House_roll clover-leaf_roll onion_roll hamburger_bun bagel tea_bread frankfurter_bun | |
26. | [ noun ] a cylinder that revolves | |
Synonyms: | roller | |
Related terms: | cylinder garden_roller paint_roller sprocket trundle platen roller_blind | |
27. | [ noun ] anything rolled up in cylindrical form | |
Related terms: | cylinder rouleau rouleau bolt | |
28. | [ noun ] a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.) | |
Synonyms: | bankroll | |
Examples: | "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag" |
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Related terms: | funds commercial_enterprise | |
29. | [ verb ] take the shape of a roll or cylinder | |
Examples: | "the carpet rolled out" "Yarn rolls well" |
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Related terms: | change_shape | |
30. | [ verb ] show certain properties when being rolled | |
Synonyms: | roll_up | |
Examples: | "The carpet rolls unevenly" "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" |
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Related terms: | change roll_up roll_up | |
31. | [ noun ] a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles | |
Synonyms: | whorl curlicue curl ringlet gyre scroll coil | |
Related terms: | round_shape corolla verticil calyx roll_out coil | |
32. | [ noun ] (writing) a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) | |
Synonyms: | scroll | |
Related terms: | manuscript Dead_Sea_scrolls megillah torah scroll | |
33. | [ noun ] walking with a rolling gait | |
Related terms: | gait | |
34. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6019 | |
35. | [ noun ] the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) | |
Related terms: | propulsion bowling | |
Similar spelling: |
Rollo Rolle Rolla role roil Rohl Roel royal rowel Roley roily Roell Roehl Royall Rowley Rowell royally Rouleau |