Word Frequency
roll (rəʊl
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Definitions
verb
- to move or cause to move along by turning over and over
- to move or cause to move along on wheels or rollers
- to flow or cause to flow onwards in an undulating movement ⇒
billows of smoke rolled over the ground
- intr (of animals, etc) to turn onto the back and kick ⇒
the hills roll down to the sea
- intr to extend in undulations ⇒
the hills roll down to the sea
- intr usually foll by around to move or occur in cycles
- intr (of a planet, the moon, etc) to revolve in an orbit
- intr; foll by on, by, etc to pass or elapse ⇒
the years roll by
- to rotate or cause to rotate wholly or partially ⇒
to roll one's eyes
- to curl, cause to curl, or admit of being curled, so as to form a ball, tube, or cylinder; coil
- to make or form by shaping into a ball, tube, or cylinder ⇒
to roll a cigarette
- often foll by out to spread or cause to spread out flat or smooth under or as if under a roller ⇒
to roll the lawn
,to roll pastry
- to emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound ⇒
the thunder rolled continuously
- to trill or cause to be trilled ⇒
to roll one's r's
- intr (of a vessel, aircraft, rocket, etc) to turn from side to side around the longitudinal axis Compare pitch1 (sense 11), yaw (sense 1)
- to cause (an aircraft) to execute a roll or (of an aircraft) to execute a roll (sense 40) (of an aircraft) to execute or cause an aircraft to execute a roll (sense 41)
- intr to walk with a swaying gait, as when drunk; sway
- intr often foll by over (of an animal, esp a dog) to lie on its back and wriggle while kicking its legs in the air, without moving along
- intr to wallow or envelop oneself (in)
- tr to apply ink to (type, etc) with a roller or rollers
- to throw (dice)
- intr to operate or begin to operate ⇒
the presses rolled
- intr (informal) to make progress; move or go ahead ⇒
let the good times roll
- tr (informal (mainly US & New Zealand) to rob (a helpless person, such as someone drunk or asleep)
- tr (slang) to have sexual intercourse or foreplay with (a person)
noun
- the act or an instance of rolling
- anything rolled up in a cylindrical form ⇒
a roll of newspaper
- an official list or register, esp of names ⇒
an electoral roll
- a rounded mass ⇒
rolls of flesh
- a strip of material, esp leather, fitted with pockets or pouches for holding tools, toilet articles, needles and thread, etc
- a cylinder used to flatten something; roller
- a small loaf of bread for one person: eaten plain, with butter, or as a light meal when filled with meat, cheese, etc
- a flat pastry or cake rolled up with a meat (sausage roll), jam (jam roll), or other filling See also swiss roll
- a swell, ripple, or undulation on a surface ⇒
the roll of the hills
- a swaying, rolling, or unsteady movement or gait
- a deep prolonged reverberating sound ⇒
the roll of thunder
- a rhythmic cadenced flow of words
- a trilling sound; trill
- a very rapid beating of the sticks on a drum
- a flight manoeuvre in which an aircraft makes one complete rotation about its longitudinal axis without loss of height or change in direction
- the angular displacement of a vessel, rocket, missile, etc, caused by rolling
- a throw of dice
- a bookbinder's tool having a brass wheel, used to impress a line or repeated pattern on the cover of a book
- (slang) an act of sexual intercourse or petting (esp in the phrase a roll in the hay)
- (US, slang) an amount of money, esp a wad of paper money
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See on a roll
Word Origin
C14 rollen, from Old French roler, from Latin rotulus a little wheel, from rota a wheelTranslations for 'roll'
- British English: roll A roll of paper, plastic, cloth, or wire is a long piece of it that has been wrapped many times around itself or around a tube....rolls of brightly coloured wrapping paper.rəʊl NOUN
- Arabic: لَفَّة
- Brazilian Portuguese: rolo
- Chinese: 一卷
- Croatian: rola
- Czech: rolesvitek
- Danish: rulle
- Dutch: rolrolletje
- European Spanish: panecillo
- Finnish: rulla
- French: rouleau
- German: RolleGegenstand
- Greek: ρολό
- Italian: rotolo
- Japanese: 転がり
- Korean: 두루마리
- Norwegian: rull
- Polish: rulon
- Portuguese: rolo
- Romanian: rolă role
- Russian: сверток
- Spanish: rollo
- Swedish: rulle
- Thai: ม้วน
- Turkish: yuvarlanma
- Ukrainian: рулон
- Vietnamese: sự lăn tròn
- British English: roll If something rolls or if you roll it, it moves along a surface, turning over many times.The ball rolled into the net.rəʊl VERB
- Arabic: يَتَدَحْرَجُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: rolar-se
- Chinese: 翻滚
- Croatian: kotrljati se
- Czech: kutálet (se)
- Danish: rulle
- Dutch: rollen
- European Spanish: rodar
- Finnish: pyöriä
- French: rouler
- German: rollen
- Greek: κυλώ
- Italian: rotolare
- Japanese: 転がる
- Korean: 구르다
- Norwegian: rulle
- Polish: potoczyć toczyć
- Portuguese: rebolar
- Romanian: a rula
- Russian: катиться
- Spanish: rodar
- Swedish: rulla
- Thai: กลิ้ง
- Turkish: yuvarlanmak
- Ukrainian: скручувати скрутити
- Vietnamese: lăn
Example Sentences Including 'roll'
Any colour, any pattern, any size of roll found its way into number 117, along with numerous offcuts.THE TURN OF THE TIDE (2004)
First, we went to the local cop shop and checked out the electoral roll.KICK BACK (2002)
Fred's response on these occasions is always to roll these easy shoulders.Glasgow Herald (2001)
He knew better than to say anything, and had time to roll a smoke before Rollo finally turned.AMAGANSETT (2004)
He regarded MTV as a soulless, mindless corporate invention to distract humans from things that mattered, including great rock'n ' roll.Globe and Mail (2003)
I had a sudden nostalgia for a dim pub with warm beer and a cheese roll with courtesy lettuce.INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
The school had 136 pupils, all boys, when Dr Almond was headmaster, around a third of the current roll.Glasgow Herald (2001)
They enter the next event which involves raiding a house and rescuing a dummy hostage on a roll.Maxim (2004)
They must decide where the responsibilities lie and which heads should roll.Irish Times (2002)
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