5. (noun)coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll a roundshape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
6. (noun)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"
15. (noun)roll, bowl the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
16. (verb)roll, turn over move by turningover or rotating
"The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
17. (verb)wheel, roll move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
18. (verb)roll, undulate occur in soft rounded shapes
"The hills rolled past"
19. (verb)roll out, roll flatten or spread with a roller "roll out the paper"
20. (verb)roll emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
21. (verb)wind, wrap, roll, twine arrange or or coil around
"roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
22. (verb)roll begin operating or running "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"
23. (verb)roll shape by rolling "roll a cigarette"
24. (verb)roll execute a roll, in tumbling "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
25. (verb)hustle, pluck, roll sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
26. (verb)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"
27. (verb)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"
28. (verb)roll move, rock, or sway from side to side "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
29. (verb)roll, revolve cause to move by turningover or in a circularmanner of as if on an axis "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"
30. (verb)roll pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
"She rolls her r's"
31. (verb)seethe, roll boil vigorously
"The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"
32. (verb)roll take the shape of a roll or cylinder "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"
33. (verb)roll, roll up show certain properties when being rolled
"The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
Definition of 'roll'
