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Defenition of the word roll

    • Defenition of the word roll

      • To tip laterally.
      • A flight maneuver; the aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning).
      • To flatten or spread with a roller.
      • To arrange or coil around.
      • To begin operating or running.
      • To move by turning over or rotating.
      • To shape (e.g. a cigarette) by rolling.
      • 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"
      • small rounded bread either plain or sweet
      • the act of throwing dice
      • a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
      • sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and esp. underhanded activity
      • the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
      • a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder)
      • the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
      • a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
      • walking with a rolling gait
      • a roll of photographic film
      • execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
      • shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette"
      • pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/ "She rolls her r's".
      • begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"
      • emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
      • to rotate or cause to rotate: "The child rolled down the hill"; "She rolled the ball her eyes at his words"
      • a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"
      • occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past"
      • a cylinder that revolves
      • a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
      • flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"
      • a complete turn; "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"
      • a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
      • boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"
      • move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
      • wrap around, move around
      • anything rolled up in cylindrical form
      • photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
      • a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
      • rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"
      • show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
      • take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"
      • boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"
      • pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r''s"
      • wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
      • move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
      • 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"
      • move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
      • 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 ro
      • move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President''s convoy rolled past the crowds"
      • move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
      • sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
      • walking with a swaying gait
      • a list of names
      • rotary motion of an object around its own axis
      • a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
      • a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
      • execute a roll, in tumbling
      • show certain properties when being rolled
      • take the shape of a roll or cylinder
      • shape by rolling
      • boil vigorously
      • pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
      • flatten or spread with a roller
      • arrange or or coil around
      • begin operating or running
      • move by turning over or rotating
      • cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
      • move, rock, or sway from side to side
      • move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
      • move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
      • emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
      • occur in soft rounded shapes

    Synonyms for the word roll

      • bankroll
      • bun
      • cast
      • coil
      • curl
      • curlicue
      • cylinder
      • drum roll
      • gyration
      • gyre
      • hustle
      • move
      • paradiddle
      • peal
      • pealing
      • pluck
      • reel
      • revolution
      • revolve
      • ringlet
      • roll out
      • roller
      • rolling
      • rolling wave
      • roster
      • rotate
      • rotation
      • scroll
      • seethe
      • spin
      • spool
      • sway
      • tube
      • turn
      • turn over
      • turn round
      • undulate
      • wheel
      • whorl
      • wind
      • wrap

    Similar words in the roll

      • avalanche
      • roll
      • roll down
      • roll over
      • roll up
      • rolland
      • rolland's
      • rollback
      • rollback's
      • rollbacks
      • roller
      • roller's
      • rollerblade
      • rollerblades
      • rollers
      • rollick
      • rollicked
      • rollicking
      • rollicks
      • rollins
      • wrap up

    Meronymys for the word roll

      • bowling
      • crap game
      • crap shooting
      • craps
      • crapshoot

    Hyponyms for the word roll

      • bagel
      • ball
      • barrel roll
      • batting order
      • beigel
      • bolt
      • bowl
      • brioche
      • calyx
      • card
      • church roll
      • clew
      • clover-leaf roll
      • clue
      • coffee roll
      • cog
      • coil
      • corolla
      • crescent roll
      • croissant
      • curl
      • Dead Sea scrolls
      • death-roll
      • frankfurter bun
      • gad
      • gallivant
      • hamburger bun
      • hamburger roll
      • hard roll
      • hotdog bun
      • jazz around
      • kaiser roll
      • lineup
      • loop
      • luff
      • maunder
      • Megillah
      • mill
      • muster roll
      • natural
      • onion roll
      • Parker House roll
      • reel
      • rim
      • rota
      • rouleau
      • snap roll
      • soft roll
      • spool
      • sweet roll
      • tea bread
      • Torah
      • transit
      • troll
      • verticil
      • Vienna roll
      • waiting list
      • wallow

    Hypernyms for the word roll

      • actuation
      • airplane maneuver
      • articulate
      • boil
      • bread
      • breadstuff
      • cash in hand
      • change
      • change form
      • change shape
      • churn
      • cylinder
      • deform
      • displace
      • enounce
      • enunciate
      • film
      • finances
      • flatten
      • flight maneuver
      • form
      • function
      • funds
      • gait
      • go
      • gyration
      • holograph
      • list
      • listing
      • locomote
      • manuscript
      • moil
      • monetary resource
      • move
      • moving ridge
      • operate
      • pecuniary resource
      • photographic film
      • pronounce
      • propulsion
      • revolution
      • rock
      • roil
      • rotation
      • round shape
      • run
      • say
      • shake
      • shape
      • sound
      • sound out
      • staff of life
      • steal
      • surname
      • sway
      • throw
      • travel
      • tumble
      • turn
      • turning
      • wave
      • work

    Antonyms for the word roll

      • unroll
      • unwind
      • wind off

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