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roll

English

  1. 🔊 the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
  2. 🔊 a flight maneuver
  3. 🔊 walking with a swaying gait
  4. 🔊 anything rolled up in cylindrical form
  5. 🔊 photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
  6. 🔊 a list of names
    “his name was struck off the rolls”
  7. 🔊 the act of throwing dice
  8. 🔊 a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
  9. 🔊 a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
  10. 🔊 the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
  11. 🔊 small rounded bread either plain or sweet
  12. 🔊 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”
  13. 🔊 a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
  14. 🔊 rotary motion of an object around its own axis
    “wheels in axial rotation”
  15. 🔊 a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
  16. 🔊 execute a roll, in tumbling
    “The gymnasts rolled and jumped”
  17. 🔊 show certain properties when being rolled
    “The carpet rolls unevenly”
  18. 🔊 take the shape of a roll or cylinder
    “the carpet rolled out”
  19. 🔊 shape by rolling
    “roll a cigarette”
  20. 🔊 pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
    “She rolls her r's”
  21. 🔊 begin operating or running
    “The cameras were rolling”
  22. 🔊 move by turning over or rotating
    “The child rolled down the hill”
  23. 🔊 cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
    “She rolled the ball”
  24. 🔊 move, rock, or sway from side to side
    “The ship rolled on the heavy seas”
  25. 🔊 move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
    “The gypsies roamed the woods”
  26. 🔊 move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
    “The curtains undulated”
  27. 🔊 emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
    “The thunder rolled”
  28. 🔊 occur in soft rounded shapes
    “The hills rolled past”
  29. 🔊 boil vigorously
    “The liquid was seething”
  30. 🔊 flatten or spread with a roller
    “roll out the paper”
  31. 🔊 move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
    “The President's convoy rolled past the crowds”
  32. 🔊 arrange or or coil around
    “roll your hair around your finger”
  33. 🔊 sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

Spanish

  1. 🔊 encabezamiento roll
  2. 🔊 rollo roll
  3. 🔊 rol roll, list
  4. 🔊 rodar to roll, rotate
  5. 🔊 arrollar to roll, to roll away
  6. 🔊 registro roll, register, logbook, log
  7. 🔊 cilindrar to roll, roll up (into a cylinder shape)

Similar words

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