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Definition of 'roll'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) roll
to move along a surface by turning over and over.

2.  roll
to move or be moved on wheels.

3.  roll
to flow or advance with an undulating motion, as waves.

4.  roll
to extend in undulations, as land.

5.  roll
to elapse, as time.

6.  roll
to move as in a cycle, as seasons (usu. fol. by round or around).

7.  roll
to emit or have a deep, prolonged sound, as thunder.

8.  roll
to trill, as a bird.

9.  roll
to turn over, as a person lying down.

10.  roll
(of the eyes) to turn around in different directions.

11.  roll
(of a vessel)

12.  roll
to rock from side to side in open water.

13.  roll
to sail with a side-to-side rocking motion.

14.  roll
to walk with a swinging or swaying gait.

15.  roll
Informal.

16.  roll
to begin to move or operate:
Let's roll at sunrise.

17.  roll
to make progress; advance:
The project is really rolling now.

18.  roll
to curl up so as to form a ball or cylinder.

19.  roll
to become spread out or flattened.

20.  roll
(of an aircraft or rocket) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by rotation about the longitudinal axis.

21. (v.t.) roll
to cause to move along a surface by turning over and over.

22.  roll
to move along on wheels or rollers.

23.  roll
to drive or cause to flow onward with an undulating motion.

24.  roll
to utter or give forth with a full, flowing, continuous sound.

25.  roll
to trill: to roll one's r
's.

26.  roll
to cause to turn over.

27.  roll
to turn around in different directions:
to roll one's eyes.

28.  roll
to cause to sway or rock from side to side, as a ship.

29.  roll
to wrap around an axis or around itself:
to roll string.

30.  roll
to make by forming into a cylinder:
to roll a cigarette.

31.  roll
to spread out flat (something curled up) (often fol. by out).

32.  roll
to wrap or envelop, as in a covering.

33.  roll
to spread out, level, compact, or the like, as with a rolling pin.

34.  roll
to beat (a drum) with rapid, continuous strokes.

35.  roll
(in certain games, as craps) to throw (dice).

36.  roll
to apply (ink) with a roller or series of rollers.

37.  roll
Slang. to rob, esp. by going through the pockets of a victim who is asleep or drunk.

38.  roll
roll back, to reduce (prices, wages, etc.) to a former level.

39.  roll
Informal.

40.  roll
to arrive, esp. in large numbers or quantity:
When does the money start rolling in?

41.  roll
roll out,

42.  roll
to spread out or flatten.

43.  roll
Informal. to arise, as from bed.

44.  roll
Football. to execute a rollout.

45.  roll
roll over, to reinvest (funds), as from one stock or bond into another.

46.  roll
roll up,

47.  roll
to amass in increasing quantities or amounts.

48.  roll
to arrive in a car, carriage, or other vehicle.

49. (n.) roll
a piece of paper, parchment, or the like, that is rolled up.

50.  roll
a register, catalog, or list, as of membership.

51.  roll
anything rolled up in a ringlike or cylindrical form.

52.  roll
a length of cloth, wallpaper, or the like, rolled up in cylindrical form, often forming a definite measure.

53.  roll
a cylindrical or rounded mass of something:
rolls of fat.

54.  roll
a roller.

55.  roll
thin cake spread with jelly or the like and rolled up.

56.  roll
a small cake of bread sometimes folded over before baking.

57.  roll
meat rolled up and cooked.

58.  roll
an act or instance of rolling.

59.  roll
undulation, as of a surface.

60.  roll
a sonorous or rhythmical flow of words.

61.  roll
a deep, prolonged sound, as of thunder or drums.

62.  roll
the trill of certain birds.

63.  roll
a rolling motion or gait.

64.  roll
Aerospace.

65.  roll
a single, complete rotation of an airplane about the axis of the fuselage with little loss of altitude or change of direction.

66.  roll
(of an aircraft or rocket) the act of rolling.

67.  roll
the angular displacement caused by rolling.

68.  roll
Informal.

69.  roll
paper currency carried folded or rolled up.

70.  roll
bankroll; funds.

71.  roll
(in various dice games)

72.  roll
a single cast of or turn at casting the dice.

73.  roll
the total number of pips or points made by a single cast; score or point.

74.  roll
experiencing an interval of success and good fortune.

Definition of 'roll'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) axial rotation, axial motion, roll
rotary motion of an object around its own axis
"wheels in axial rotation"

2. (noun) roll, roster
a list of names
"his name was struck off the rolls"

3. (noun) roller, roll, rolling wave
a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

4. (noun) roll
photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light

5. (noun) coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
a round shape 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"

7. (noun) bun, roll
small rounded bread either plain or sweet

8. (noun) peal, pealing, roll, rolling
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

9. (noun) paradiddle, roll, drum roll
the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

10. (noun) scroll, roll
a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

11. (noun) roll
anything rolled up in cylindrical form

12. (noun) cast, roll
the act of throwing dice

13. (noun) roll
walking with a swaying gait

14. (noun) roll
a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude

15. (verb) roll, bowl
the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)

16. (verb) roll, turn over
move by turning over 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 turning over or in a circular manner 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'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) roll
to move or make move by turning over and over
The ball rolled under the car.; They were rolling the logs down the hill.

2.  roll
to move or make move on wheels
The shopping cart rolled away.; They rolled the car off the road.

3.  roll
to turn over repeatedly, remaining in the same place
a pig rolling in the mud; He rolled his cigarette between his fingers.

4.  roll
to turn over to face another direction
She rolled over in bed.; They rolled the boy onto his side.

5.  roll
to make into a tube or ball shape
Roll the carpet up.; Roll the dough into a ball.

6.  roll
to fold a sleeve or pants leg up to make it shorter
Roll your sleeves up above your elbow.

7.  roll
roll your eyes
to look up in a way that shows frustration or annoyance
She rolled her eyes at me behind the teacher's back.

8. (noun) roll
material such as paper, cloth, etc. that is rolled into the shape of an "O"
a roll of electrical tape; a toilet paper roll

9.  roll
a small rounded piece of bread for one person
a dinner roll

10.  roll
on a roll
doing sth continuously and well
Don't stop me now - I'm on a roll!

Definition of 'roll'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) roll
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; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel

2. (noun) roll
to wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball

3. (noun) roll
to bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel

4. (noun) roll
to drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean

5. (noun) roll
to utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences

6. (noun) roll
to press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc

7. (noun) roll
to move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels

8. (noun) roll
to beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon

9. (noun) roll
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 suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal

10. (noun) roll
to turn over in one's mind; to revolve

11.  roll
the act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves

12.  roll
that which rolls; a roller

13.  roll
a heavy cylinder used to break clods

14.  roll
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

15.  roll
that which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc

16.  roll
a document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll

17.  roll
hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list

18.  roll
a quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon

19.  roll
a cylindrical twist of tobacco

20.  roll
a kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself

21.  roll
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

22.  roll
a heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder

23.  roll
the uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear

24.  roll
part; office; duty; role

25. (verb) roll
to move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane

26. (verb) roll
to move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street

27. (verb) roll
to be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well

28. (verb) roll
to fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice

29. (verb) roll
to perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away

30. (verb) roll
to turn; to move circularly

31. (verb) roll
to move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression

32. (verb) roll
to incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about

33. (verb) roll
to turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls

34. (verb) roll
to spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well

35. (verb) roll
to beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear

36. (verb) roll
to make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls

Translation of 'roll'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: anything flat (eg a piece of paper, a carpet) rolled into the shape of a tube, wound round a tube etc a roll of kitchen foil; a toilet-roll.
Afrikaans: rol	Arabic: مِلَف أسْطُواني	Bulgarian: руло
Brazilian: rolo	Czech: role	German: die Rolle
Danish: rulle; -rulle	Greek: ρολό	Spanish: rollo
Estonian: rull	Farsi: حلقه؛ توپ	Finnish: rulla
French: rouleau	Hebrew: גָלִיל	Hindi: गोला
Croatian: smotak, rola	Hungarian: tekercs	Indonesian: gulungan
Icelandic: rúlla; strangi; spóla	Italian: rotolo	Japanese: 巻いたもの
Korean: 두루마리	Lithuanian: ritinys, rulonas	Latvian: ritulis; rullis
Malay: gulungan	Dutch: rol	Norwegian: rull
Polish: rolka	Persian: حلقه؛ توپ	Pashto: کړی، توپ
Portuguese: rolo	Romanian: rulou, sul	Russian: рулон
Slovak: zvitok	Slovenian: zvitek	Serbian: rolna
Swedish: rulle	Thai: ม้วน	Turkish: top, rulo, makara
Taiwanese: 捲	Ukrainian: сувій	Urdu: لپٹا ہوا
Vietnamese: súc; cuộn	Chinese: 卷滚动
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