roll
/ɹoʊl/ verb B2- To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface. · To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.· The child will roll on the floor.
- To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over. · To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.· The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
- To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up. · To roll up the vase in bubble wrap.
- To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion. · This river will roll its waters to the ocean.· The years roll on.
- To pour or trickle. · Drops of sweat rolled down his face.
- To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out. · To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences.
- To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers. · to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails.· The pastry rolls well.
- To move upon rollers or wheels.
Plural roll · He/she/it rolls · Past rolled · Past participle rolled · -ing form rolling
Verb forms
- Base form
- roll
- He/she/it
- rolls
- Past
- rolled
- Past participle
- rolled
- -ing form
- rolling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- roll about To laugh very heartily.
- roll around To move about on the ground while rotating and turning on...
- roll away To move or spray away suddenly, as from being kicked, ear...
- roll back To return to a prior state.
- roll down Synonym of wind down.
- roll forward To extend a condition, investment, position or benefit in...
- roll in To arrive casually at a place.
- roll off To spontaneously roll suddenly and rapidly to one side or...
- roll on To pass; to go on; to elapse.
- roll out To deploy or release (a new film or software, etc.); to l...
- roll over To make a rolling motion or turn.
- roll up To dominate by accumulating; to become dominant by accumu...
From the library
“Many a time when the master has rolled up his sleeves I have noticed that very mark.
The Lion would have preferred a bed of dried leaves in the forest, and did not like being shut up in a room; but he had too much sense to let this worry him, so he sprang upon the bed and rolled himself up like a cat and purred himself asleep in a minute.
The men were dressed in blue, of the same shade as their hats, and wore well-polished boots with a deep roll of blue at the tops.
Dorothy was thinking so earnestly as they walked along that she did not notice when the Scarecrow stumbled into a hole and rolled over to the side of the road.
Other matches
- roll That which is rolled up. A2
- roll The act or result of rolling, or state of being... C2
- roll about To laugh very heartily.
- roll around To move about on the ground while rotating and ...
- roll away To move or spray away suddenly, as from being k...
- roll back To return to a prior state.
- roll down Synonym of wind down.
- roll forward To extend a condition, investment, position or ...
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