roll

Definitions

1. 1noun

   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. 2noun

   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. 3noun

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

4. 4noun

   To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.

5. 5noun

   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. 6noun

   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. 7noun

   To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.

8. 8noun

   To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.

9. 9noun

   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. 10noun

    To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.

11. 11intransitive verb

    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.

12. 12intransitive verb

    To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street.

13. 13intransitive verb

    To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.

14. 14intransitive verb

    To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice.

15. 15intransitive verb

    To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.

16. 16intransitive verb

    To turn; to move circularly.

17. 17intransitive verb

    To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.

18. 18intransitive verb

    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.

19. 19intransitive verb

    To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.

20. 20intransitive verb

    To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.

21. 21intransitive verb

    To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.

22. 22intransitive verb

    To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.

23. 23verb

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

24. 24verb

    That which rolls; a roller.

25. 25verb

    A heavy cylinder used to break clods.

26. 26verb

    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.

27. 27verb

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

28. 28verb

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

29. 29verb

    Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.

30. 30verb

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

31. 31verb

    A cylindrical twist of tobacco.

32. 32verb

    A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.

33. 33verb

    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.

34. 34verb

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

35. 35verb

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

36. 36verb

    Part; office; duty; role.

37. 37noun

    the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)

    Synonyms

    bowl
38. 38noun

    a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude

39. 39noun

    walking with a swaying gait

40. 40noun

    the act of throwing dice

    Synonyms

    cast
41. 41noun

    anything rolled up in cylindrical form

42. 42noun

    photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light

43. 43noun

    a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

    Synonyms

    scroll
44. 44noun

    a list of names

    "his name was struck off the rolls"

    Synonyms

    roster
45. 45noun

    a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

    Synonyms

    roller
46. 46noun

    the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

    Synonyms

    paradiddle
47. 47noun

    a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

    Synonyms

    pealpealingrolling
48. 48noun

    rotary motion of an object around its own axis

    "wheels in axial rotation"

49. 49noun

    small rounded bread either plain or sweet

    Synonyms

    bun
50. 50noun

    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"

    Synonyms

    bankroll
51. 51noun

    a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

    Synonyms

    coilcurlcurlicuegyreringletscrollwhorl
52. 52verb

    execute a roll, in tumbling

    "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"

53. 53verb

    show certain properties when being rolled

    "The carpet rolls unevenly"

    "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"

54. 54verb

    take the shape of a roll or cylinder

    "the carpet rolled out"

    "Yarn rolls well"

55. 55verb

    shape by rolling

    "roll a cigarette"

56. 56verb

    boil vigorously

    "The liquid was seething"

    "The water rolled"

    Synonyms

    seethe
57. 57verb

    pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/

    "She rolls her r's"

58. 58verb

    flatten or spread with a roller

    "roll out the paper"

59. 59verb

    arrange or or coil around

    "roll your hair around your finger"

    "Twine the thread around the spool"

    Synonyms

    twinewindwrap
60. 60verb

    begin operating or running

    "The cameras were rolling"

    "The presses are already rolling"

61. 61verb

    move by turning over or rotating

    "The child rolled down the hill"

    "turn over on your left side"

62. 62verb

    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"

    Synonyms

    revolve
63. 63verb

    move, rock, or sway from side to side

    "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"

64. 64verb

    move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

    "The gypsies roamed the woods"

    "roving vagabonds"

    Synonyms

    castdriftramblerangeroamrovestrayswantrampvagabondwander
65. 65verb

    move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle

    "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"

    Synonyms

    wheel
66. 66verb

    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

    "The curtains undulated"

    "the waves rolled towards the beach"

    Synonyms

    flapundulatewave
67. 67verb

    emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound

    "The thunder rolled"

    "rolling drums"

68. 68verb

    sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

    Synonyms

    hustlepluck
69. 69verb

    occur in soft rounded shapes

    "The hills rolled past"

    Synonyms

    undulate