roll
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"

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"

Related terms: travel bowl troll axial_motion wheeling
3. [ verb ] occur in soft rounded shapes
Synonyms: undulate
Examples:

"The hills rolled past"

Related terms: coil
4. [ verb ] flatten or spread with a roller
Synonyms: roll_out
Examples:

"roll out the paper"

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"

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"

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"

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"

Related terms: rotation wallow wheel wind
9. [ verb ] emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
Examples:

"The thunder rolled" "rolling drums"

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"

Related terms: go
13. [ verb ] execute a roll, in tumbling
Examples:

"The gymnasts rolled and jumped"

Related terms: tumble axial_motion
14. [ verb ] shape by rolling
Examples:

"roll a cigarette"

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"

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"

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"

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"

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"

Related terms: funds commercial_enterprise
29. [ verb ] take the shape of a roll or cylinder
Examples:

"the carpet rolled out" "Yarn rolls well"

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"

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
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