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Dictionary: roll   (rōl) pronunciation

v., rolled, roll·ing, rolls.

v.intr.
  1. To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
  2. To travel or be moved on wheels or rollers: rolled down the sidewalk on their scooters.
  3. To travel around; wander: roll from town to town.
    1. To travel or be carried in a vehicle.
    2. To be carried on a stream: The logs rolled down the cascading river.
    1. To start to move or operate: The press wouldn't roll.
    2. To work or succeed in a sustained way; gain momentum: The political campaign finally began to roll.
  4. To go by; elapse: The days rolled along.
  5. To recur. Often used with around: Summer has rolled around again.
  6. To move in a periodic revolution, as a planet in its orbit.
  7. To turn over and over: The puppy rolled in the mud.
  8. To shift the gaze usually quickly and continually: The child's eyes rolled with fright.
  9. To turn around or revolve on or as if on an axis.
  10. To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate: The waves rolled toward shore.
  11. To extend or appear to extend in gentle rises and falls: The dunes roll to the sea.
  12. To move or rock from side to side: The ship pitched and rolled in heavy seas.
  13. To walk with a swaying, unsteady motion.
  14. To take the shape of a ball or cylinder: Yarn rolls easily.
  15. To become flattened by or as if by pressure applied by a roller.
  16. To make a deep, prolonged, surging sound: Thunder rolled in the distance.
  17. To make a sustained trilling sound, as certain birds do.
  18. To beat a drum in a continuous series of short blows.
  19. To pour or flow in or as if in a continual stream: tourists rolling into the city.
  20. To enjoy ample amounts: rolled in the money.
v.tr.
  1. To cause to move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
  2. To move or push along on wheels or rollers: rolled the plane out of the hangar.
  3. To impel or send onward in a steady, swelling motion: The sea rolls its waves onto the sand.
  4. To impart a swaying, rocking motion to: Heavy seas rolled the ship.
  5. To turn around or partly turn around; rotate: rolled his head toward the door.
  6. To cause to begin moving or operating: roll the cameras; roll the presses.
  7. To extend or lay out: rolled out a long rope.
  8. To pronounce or utter with a trill: You must roll your
  9. To envelop or enfold in a covering: roll dirty laundry in a sheet.
  10. To make by shaping into a ball or cylinder: roll a cigarette.
  • To spread, compress, or flatten by applying pressure with a roller: roll pastry dough.
  • Printing. To apply ink to (type) with a roller or rollers.
  • Games. To throw (dice), as in craps.
  • Slang. To rob (a drunken, sleeping, or otherwise helpless person).
  • n.
    1. The act or an instance of rolling.
    2. Something rolled up: a roll of tape.
    3. A quantity, as of cloth or wallpaper, rolled into a cylinder and often considered as a unit of measure.
    4. A piece of parchment or paper that may be or is rolled up; a scroll.
    5. A register or a catalogue.
    6. A list of names of persons belonging to a group.
    7. A mass in cylindrical or rounded form: a roll of tobacco.
      1. A small rounded portion of bread.
      2. A portion of food shaped like a tube with a filling.
    8. A rolling, swaying, or rocking motion.
    9. A gentle swell or undulation of a surface: the roll of the plains.
    10. A deep reverberation or rumble: the roll of thunder.
    11. A rapid succession of short sounds: the roll of a drum.
    12. A trill: the roll of his phrasal verbs:

      roll back

      1. To reduce (prices or wages, for example) to a previous lower level.
      2. To cause to turn back or retreat.
      roll out
      1. To get out of bed.
      2. Football. To execute a rollout.
      roll over
      1. To defer or postpone payment of (an obligation).
      2. To renegotiate the terms of (a financial deal).
      3. To reinvest (funds from a maturing security or from a tax-deferred account) into a similar security or account.
      roll up
      1. To arrive in a vehicle.
      2. To accumulate; amass: rolled up quite a fortune.

      idioms:

      on a roll Informal.

      1. Undergoing or experiencing sustained, even increasing good fortune or success: "The stock market's on a roll" (Karen Pennar).
      roll in the hay Slang.
      1. Sexual intercourse.
      roll the bones Games.
      1. To cast dice, especially in craps.
      roll with the punches Slang.
      1. To cope with and withstand adversity, especially by being flexible.

      [Middle English rollen, from Old French roler, from Vulgar Latin *rotulāre, from Latin rotula, diminutive of rota, wheel.]


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    also roll up

    verb

    1. To cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages: enfold, envelop, enwrap, infold, invest, swaddle, swathe, wrap, wrap up. See put on/take off.
    2. To move vigorously from side to side or up and down: heave, pitch, rock, toss. See repetition.
    3. To lean suddenly, unsteadily, and erratically from the vertical axis: lurch, pitch, seesaw, yaw. See move/halt, straight/bent.
    4. To make a continuous deep reverberating sound: boom, growl, grumble, rumble. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.
    5. To proceed with ease, especially of expression: flow, glide, sail. See move/halt.
    6. To take extravagant pleasure: bask, indulge, luxuriate, revel, rollick, wallow. See like/dislike.

    phrasal verb - roll out

      To leave one's bed: arise, get up, pile, rise. Informal turn out. Idioms: rise and shine. See rise/fall.

    phrasal verb - roll up

      To bring together so as to increase in mass or number: accrue, accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, collect1, cumulate, garner, gather, hive, pile up. See collect/distribute.

    noun

      A series, as of names or words, printed or written down: catalog, list1, register, roster, schedule. See remember/forget.

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    v

    Definition: rock, sway
    Antonyms: stabilize, steady

    v

    Definition: spread out
    Antonyms: collect, gather, pile


    v. (of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) rock or oscillate around an axis parallel to the direction of motion: the ship pitched and rolled.

    n.

    1. a swaying or oscillation of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle around an axis parallel to the direction of motion: the jeep corners capably with a minimum of roll.

    2. an official list or register of names.

    3. the total numbers on such a list: a review to determine the reasons for diminishing rolls.

    roll of honor a list of those who have died in battle.

    roll something up drive the flank of an enemy line back and around so that the line is shortened or surrounded.

    rollable adj.

    See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

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    1. A rounded strip fastened to, and running along, the ridge of a roof.
    2. In a roof covered

    rod target
    with sheet metal, one of a number of rounded strips placed under the metal sheeting at intervals, to prevent movement of the sheets resulting from expansion and contraction.
    3. Any type of rounded molding.
    4. A quantity of any material wound in cylindrical form.

    This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

    To commit a robbery by force. A record of the proceedings of a court or public office.

    In some states, a judgment roll is required to be filed by the clerk of the court when he or she enters judgment. It normally contains the summons, pleadings, admissions, and each judgment and order involving the merits of the case or affecting the final judgment. In the federal courts and most state courts, judgments are recorded in the civil docket or criminal docket.

    In old English practice, a judgment roll was a roll of parchment containing the entries of the proceedings in an action at law including the entry of judgment. It was filed in the treasury of the court.

    A tax roll is a list of the persons and property subject to the payment of a particular tax, with the amounts due; it is compiled and verified in proper form to enable the collecting officers to enforce the tax.

    Said of grain rolled into flat plates by passing through flat rollers, e.g. rolled oats. Improves digestibility at the cost of the processing. See also cracked.

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    pronunciation

    IN BRIEF: To move or cause to move by turning over and over on a surface without sliding.

    pronunciation Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), American poet.

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    Roll can refer to:

    Contents

    People

    • Bob Roll (born 1960), American professional cyclist and commentator
    • Charles Rolls (1877–1910), co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited and a pioneer aviator
    • Eric Roll (1907–2005), academic economist, public servant and banker
    • Ferdinand Nicolai Roll (1831–1921), Norwegian jurist and politician
    • Gary Lee Roll (1951–2000), executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Missouri
    • Michael Roll (actor) (born 1961), German television actor
    • Richard Roll (born 1939), American economist
    • William G. Roll (born 1926), American psychologist and parapsychologist
    • Michael Roll (pianist) (born 1946), British pianist

    Places

    In entertainment

    In transportation

    • Bank or roll, in flight dynamics, a rotation of a vehicle about its longitudinal axis
    • For a ship, stable deviation from horizontal is called list: "Roll" refers to dynamic movement.
    • Roll program, a roll/bank performed during a rocket launch
    • Kayak roll, maneuver used to right a kayak that has capsized
    • Roll, a smooth wheel fitted to a steamroller or road roller

    Other uses

    • Roll (food)
    • Electoral roll, a list of eligible voters
    • Credits roll, scrolling text listing the people involved in making a film
    • Roll call, calling of the names of people from a list, to determine their presence or absence
    • Pipe Rolls, a series of financial records from England, covering the period from 1130 to 1833
    • Toilet roll or toilet paper, soft paper product used for personal hygiene
    • Bank roll, a paper holder for coins
    • Roll cloud, a type of cloud often found downwind of mountains
    • Horizontal convective rolls, in meteorology, rolls of counter-rotating air oriented parallel to the ground in the planetary boundary layer
    • Trill consonant, in phonetics, a sound produced as part of speech
    • Roster, a list of people
    • Rotulus, a roll designed for writing on, in which a strip of papyrus or parchment is wound about a wooden staff

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    Translations: Roll
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    Dansk (Danish)
    v. intr. - rulle, trille, vælte
    v. tr. - rulle, trille, vælte
    n. - rulle

    idioms:

    • be rolling in    have masser af
    • honor roll    liste over personer, der har modtaget æresbevisning
    • on a roll    i fremgang
    • roll about    rulle omkring
    • roll by    trille forbi, gå (tiden)
    • roll call    navneopråb
    • roll down    rulle ned
    • roll in    strømme ind
    • roll into    kombineret
    • roll into one    kombineret, i ét/én
    • roll of honour    liste over personer, der har modtaget æresbevisning
    • roll on    bare det snart var
    • roll oneself up    rulle sig sammen
    • roll out    rulle ud
    • strike off the rolls    stryge på listen

    Nederlands (Dutch)
    rollen, platwalsen, roffelen, schommelen, rol, broodje, lijst, roffel, bundel

    Français (French)
    v. intr. - rouler, se rouler, faire un tonneau, rouler dans leurs orbites (les yeux), tanguer, se balancer, gronder (le tonnerre), rouler (un tambour), tourner (une caméra)
    v. tr. - rouler, étendre, laminer, faire rouler, se retourner (une voiture), (Cin, Imprim) faire tourner (la caméra), faire rouler (des dés), (Ling) rouler les r
    n. - rouleau, liasse, bourrelet, pellicule, (Culin) petit pain, roulis, (Sport) roulade, (Aviat) tonneau, lancer (de dés), roulement (de tambour), grondement (de tonnerre), liste, roulade

    idioms:

    • honour roll    liste de ceux qui sont morts pour la patrie
    • on a roll    sur une liste
    • roll about    se rouler, rouler
    • roll back    (Comput) faire une reprise, rouler, (fig) faire reculer, repousser (les frontières), (Fin) baisser (les prix)
    • roll by    passer (en roulant), s'écouler
    • roll call    (faire) l'appel
    • roll down    baisser
    • roll in    affluer, se rassembler, avancer, s'amener
    • roll into    entrer dans
    • roll of honour    (École, Sport) tableau d'honneur, (Mil) liste des soldats tombés au champ d'honneur
    • roll on    passer (le temps), enfiler (des bas)
    • roll oneself up    s'enrouler dans
    • roll out    étirer, laminer, faire disparaître, dérouler
    • roll over    se retourner, rouler, (Fin) reconduire, tourner (un malade)
    • roll something on    enfiler qch
    • roll something over    (Fin) reconduire qch (une dette, un emprunt)
    • roll up    s'amener, arriver, s'enrouler, enrouler, retrousser
    • rolled into one    (être) à fois ... et ...
    • strike off the rolls    être radié, biffer/rayer les noms

    Deutsch (German)
    n. - Brötchen, Liste, Verzeichnis, Rolle, Ballen, Wulst, Wirbel, Rollen
    v. - rollen, walzen, ausrollen, laufen, dröhnen, (sich) drehen, (sich) wälzen, schaukeln, wirbeln

    idioms:

    • honour roll    Liste guter Studenten, die auf einen akademischen Grad mit Auszeichnung hinarbeite
    • on a roll    voll mit etwas beschäftigt sein
    • roll about    herumrollen
    • roll back    zurÜckrollen
    • roll by    vorbeirollen, vergehen
    • roll call    Aufrufen aller Namen
    • roll down    herunterrollen
    • roll in    hereinströmen, hineinrollen
    • roll into    hereinrollen
    • roll of honour    Gedenktafel
    • roll on    vergehen
    • roll oneself up    sich zusammenrollen
    • roll out    auswalzen, ausrollen, herausrollen
    • roll over    sich umdrehen, sich zur Seite rollen, sich überschlagen, herumdrehen, herumwälzen
    • roll something on    walzen
    • roll something over    umstoßen
    • roll up    heranrollen
    • rolled into one    zu einem kombinieren
    • strike off the rolls    die Zulassung entziehen

    Ελληνική (Greek)
    n. - ρολό(ς), τόπι (υφάσματος κ.λπ.), κατάλογος, λίστα, μητρώο παρουσίας, κούνημα, ταρακούνημα, σκαμπανέβασμα, (συνεχής κυλιστός) ήχος, κύλιση, κύλισμα, φραντζολάκι, κουλουράκι, τυμπανοκρουσία, έλαστρο, κύλινδρος (κν. ράουλο)
    v. - κυλώ/-ιέμαι, περιστρέφω, τυλίγω/-ομαι, κάνω ρολό, κυλινδρίζω, κουνιέμαι, σκαμπανεβάζω, χτυπώ, κροτώ, (κατρα)κυλώ, ισοπεδώνω, πατώ, στρώνω, απλώνω, στριφογυρίζω, στρίβω, ηχώ, βροντώ, ρολάρω, τσουλώ

    idioms:

    • be rolling in    κολυμπώ (στο χρήμα)
    • honor roll    κατάλογος ηρωικώς πεσόντων
    • on a roll    σε φάση διαρκούς επιτυχίας
    • roll about    στριφογυρνώ, χτυπιέμαι (από τα γέλια)
    • roll by    (για χρόνο) περνώ γρήγορα
    • roll call    ονομαστικό προσκλητήριο, εκφώνηση καταλόγου παρόντων
    • roll down    κυλώ
    • roll in    καταφθάνω, φθάνω σε μεγάλες ποσότητες
    • roll into    καταφθάνω σε
    • roll into one    συνδυάζω σε ένα (άτομο ή πράγμα)
    • roll of honour    κατάλογος ηρωικώς πεσόντων
    • roll on    κυλώ, τσουλώ, όταν θα έρθει
    • roll oneself up    ανασκουμπώνομαι
    • roll out    ξεδιπλώνω, ξετυλίγω, απλώνω (χαλί κ.λπ.)
    • strike off the rolls    (νομ.) αφαιρώ άδεια δικηγόρου

    Italiano (Italian)
    arrotolare, laminare, voltarsi, tuonare, far oscillare, battere il tamburo, panino, lista, rotolo, ruolino, rullo

    idioms:

    • be rolling in    essere ricco sfondato
    • honor roll    lista d'onore
    • on a roll    in piena azione
    • roll about    sganasciarsi
    • roll by    passare
    • roll call    appello
    • roll down    ruzzolare
    • roll in    affluire
    • roll into    formare
    • roll into one    in una sola persona
    • roll of honour    lista d'onore
    • roll on    affrettarsi
    • roll oneself up    sdraiarsi
    • roll out    scendere dal letto
    • strike off the rolls    radiare dall'albo

    Português (Portuguese)
    n. - rolo (m), lista (f), balanço (m)
    v. - rolar, envolver

    idioms:

    • be rolling in    estar cheio de, nadando em (gír.)
    • honor roll    lista de estudantes acadêmicos
    • on a roll    com muito sorte
    • roll about    virar
    • roll by    deslizar
    • roll call    fazer chamada (alunos)
    • roll down    empurrar
    • roll in    chegar em grande número
    • roll into    aparecer, visitar de surpresa
    • roll into one    ao mesmo tempo
    • roll of honour    lista de pessoas que receberam méritos
    • roll on    ir passando
    • roll oneself up    enrolar-se, embrulhar-se
    • roll out    levantar-se da cama
    • strike off the rolls    retirar a carteira de advogado

    Русский (Russian)
    прокатывать, плющить, катиться, качаться, обернуть, скрутить, булочка, рулон, список, реестр, валик, раскат, большая сумма денег

    idioms:

    • be rolling in    купаться в (деньгах)
    • honor roll    почетный список, список павших
    • on a roll    на вершине (славы), во всем преуспевает
    • roll about    кататься
    • roll by    проезжать мимо
    • roll call    перекличка
    • roll down    опускать
    • roll in    свалиться
    • roll into    въехать, прибыть
    • roll into one    сгрести в кучу, собрать воедино
    • roll of honour    почетный список, список павших
    • roll on    катиться, бежать (о времени)
    • roll oneself up    свернуться в катушку
    • roll out    сплющивать, раскатывать, вставать с постели, произносить отчетливо
    • strike off the rolls    лишать права на врачебную практику, лишать права на адвокатскую практику

    Español (Spanish)
    v. intr. - rodar, llegar, ir, revolverse, revolcarse, ondular, balancearse, moverse, arrollarse, hacerse una bola, retumbar, tronar, trinar, extenderse, amontonarse, acumularse
    v. tr. - hacer rodar o girar, mover, llevar o recorrer, arrollar, enrollar, hacer un rollo o bola de, liar, revolver, envolver, fajar, laminar, alisar, pulverizar
    n. - bollo, panecillo, lista, rollo, nómina, nomenclatura, redoble, tamborileo

    idioms:

    • honour roll    lista de honor
    • on a roll    estar de buena racha, estar en la gloria
    • roll about    vagar, ir de acá para allá
    • roll back    hacer retroceder al enemigo, bajar los precios
    • roll by    pasar
    • roll call    pasar lista, lista
    • roll down    caerse rodando por, bajar sin motor, hacer rodar, correr por
    • roll in    llegar a raudales, acostarse, nadar en dinero o en la abundancia
    • roll into    llegar, presentarse, entrar
    • roll of honour    cuadro de mérito, cuadro de honor
    • roll on    seguir rodando, seguir su curso, pasar, (desodorante) de bola, faja tubular
    • roll oneself up    envolverse en
    • roll out    levantarse, extender con el rodillo, desenrollar, aparecer
    • roll over    rodar
    • roll something on    seguir rodando, seguir su curso, pasar, (desodorante) de bola, faja tubular
    • roll something over    legar o prolongar un arreglo financiero
    • roll up    acumular, incrementar, arrollar, enrollar, arremangar, enrollarse, llegar en carruaje u otro vehículo
    • rolled into one    todos en uno, arrollados o agrupados dentro de uno
    • strike off the rolls    inhabilitar, expulsar, tachar de la nómina de abogados

    Svenska (Swedish)
    n. - rulle, vals, lista, kullerbytta, sedelbunt
    v. - rulla, valsa, trä

    中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
    滚, 飘流, 滚动, 使滚动, 绕, 卷, 名单

    idioms:

    • be rolling in    沉溺于, 在...中打滚
    • honor roll    中小学优等学生名单
    • on a roll    连连获胜中, 连续有好运气
    • roll about    转动
    • roll by    匆匆逝去, 驶过
    • roll call    点名, 点名时间, 点名号角
    • roll down    滚下, 摇下
    • roll in    大量涌进
    • roll into    滚进, 卷成, 使合为一体
    • roll into one    卷成一团
    • roll of honour    荣誉名册, 阵亡将士名册
    • roll on    转动眼睛, 滔滔流动
    • roll oneself up    蜷缩
    • roll out    转出
    • strike off the rolls    开除

    中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
    v. intr. - 滾, 飄流, 滾動
    v. tr. - 使滾動, 繞, 卷
    n. - 卷, 名單, 滾動

    idioms:

    • be rolling in    沈溺於, 在...中打滾
    • honor roll    中小學優等學生名單
    • on a roll    連連獲勝中, 連續有好運氣
    • roll about    轉動
    • roll by    匆匆逝去, 駛過
    • roll call    點名, 點名時間, 點名號角
    • roll down    滾下, 搖下
    • roll in    大量湧進
    • roll into    滾進, 捲成, 使合為一體
    • roll into one    捲成一團
    • roll of honour    榮譽名冊, 陣亡將士名冊
    • roll on    轉動眼睛, 滔滔流動
    • roll oneself up    蜷縮
    • roll out    轉出
    • strike off the rolls    開除

    한국어 (Korean)
    v. intr. - 구르다, 굴러가다, 진행하다
    v. tr. - 회전시키다, 감다, 굽이치게 하다
    n. - 회전 , 옆질 , 굽이침

    idioms:

    • be rolling in    굉장한 부자다
    • roll about    아무렇게나 굴러가다
    • roll by    지나가다, 차로 지나가다
    • roll down    굴러 떨어지다
    • roll in    많이 들어가다, 잠자리에 들다
    • roll into    합하다
    • roll on    굴러서 가다, 나아가다
    • roll oneself up    몸을 둥글게 하다, 몸을 감싸다
    • roll out    마중하다

    日本語 (Japanese)
    v. - 転がる, 転げ回る, 丸める, 巻く, 進んで行く, 押し寄せる, 打ち寄せる, 横揺れする, ふらふら歩く, 伸ばす, 過ぎ去る
    n. - 巻いた物, 名簿, 目録, 丸い塊, ロールパン, 巻き菓子, 横揺れ, 転がること, 回転

    idioms:

    • honor roll    受賞者一覧, 優等生名簿
    • on a roll    軌道にのる
    • roll about    ころころ転がる, ころころ転がす, 笑い転げる
    • roll by    巡る
    • roll call    点呼, 点呼の合図
    • roll down    ころがり落ちる
    • roll in    たくさん入る, 寝る, 床に入る
    • roll into    転がり込む, 丸めて~を作る, 丸まって~になる
    • roll into one    合わせて一つにする
    • roll of honour    優等生
    • roll on    過ぎ去る, とうとうと流れる, 巻いてはく, 早く来る
    • roll oneself up    姿を現す, 集める, 身をくるむ
    • roll out    伸ばす, ころがして出す, ロールアウト
    • roll up one's sleeves    腕まくりする, 心を引き締める

    العربيه (Arabic)
    ‏(الاسم) درج, وثيقه رسميه, بيان, لفه, قائمه (فعل) يلف, يتدحرج, يغلف, يطوي‏

    עברית (Hebrew)
    v. intr. - ‮התגלגל, התנודד, התנועע, ניטלטל, נכבש, הדהד, הרעים, התהפך‬
    v. tr. - ‮גלגל, גלל, כבש (במכבש), נכבש, רידד (בצק וכו'), שדד (אדם חסר ישע)‬
    n. - ‮גליל, לחמנייה, רשימת שמות, גלילה, מגילה, רולדה, גלגול, טלטול, רעש, רעם, גלגל, היפוך, כסף, במיחד בצורת שטרות מגולגלים‬


     
     
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