Definition and synonyms of ROLL (English)

definitions

roll (v.)

1.move to and fro"Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"

2.execute a roll, in tumbling"The gymnasts rolled and jumped"

3.show certain properties when being rolled"The carpet rolls unevenly" "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"

4.take the shape of a roll or cylinder"the carpet rolled out" "Yarn rolls well"

5.shape by rolling"roll a cigarette"

6.boil vigorously"The liquid was seething" "The water rolled"

7.pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's"

8.flatten or spread with a roller"roll out the paper"

9.wrap or coil around"roll your hair around your finger" "Twine the thread around the spool"

10.begin operating or running"The cameras were rolling" "The presses are already rolling"

11.move by turning over or rotating"The child rolled down the hill" "turn over on your left side"

12.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"

13.move, rock, or sway from side to side"The ship rolled on the heavy seas"

14.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"

15.move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle"The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"

16.move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion"The curtains undulated" "the waves rolled towards the beach"

17.emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound"The thunder rolled" "rolling drums"

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

19.occur in soft rounded shapes"The hills rolled past"

roll (n.)

1.a system of words used in a particular discipline"legal terminology" "the language of sociology"

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

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

4.walking with a rolling gait

5.the act of throwing dice

6.anything rolled up in cylindrical form

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

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

9.a list of names"his name was struck off the rolls"

10.a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

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

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

13.rotary motion of an object around its own axis"wheels in axial rotation"

14.small rounded bread either plain or sweet

15.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"

16.a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles

see also

roll (v.)

≠ unroll, unwind, wind off

synonyms

roll (n.)

axial motion, axial rotation, bankroll, bun, cast, coil, curl, curlicue, drum roll, gyre, language, list, paradiddle, peal, pealing, register of names, ringlet, roller, rolling, rolling wave, roster, scroll, terminology, whorl, nomenclature (literary)

roll (v.)

billow, cast, coil, coil up, drift, drum, enfold, envelop, flap, flatten, flow, gyrate, hustle, jiggle, joggle, kick around, move to and fro, pluck, ramble, range, revolve, roam, roam around, rock, roll out, roll up, rotate, rumble, seethe, spin, steamroller, stray, swan, sway, tramp, trundle, turn over, twine, twist, undulate, vagabond, wander, wander around, wave, wheel, wiggle, wind, wobble, wrap, kick about (British), roam about (British), rove (literary), wander about (British)

phrases

Jelly Roll Morton • Parker House roll • Swiss roll • Vienna roll • barrel roll • call the roll • church roll • cinnamon roll • clover-leaf roll • coffee roll • crescent roll • death-roll • drum roll • egg roll • finger-roll • hamburger roll • hard roll • kaiser roll • muster roll • onion roll • pinwheel roll • rent-roll • rock 'n' roll • rock 'n' roll musician • rock and roll • rock'n'roll • rock-and-roll • roll around • roll back • roll call • roll down • roll film • roll in • roll in the hay • roll of drums • roll of film • roll of parchment • roll of thunder • roll of tobacco • roll off • roll out • roll over • roll up • roll-on • roll-on roll-off • sausage roll • small spring roll • snap roll • soft roll • spring roll • sweet roll • toilet roll

The Integral Dictionary & Wordnet

roll (n.)