roll

Noun

• 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 swaying gait

• the act of throwing dice

• anything rolled up in cylindrical form

• a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

• the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

• a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

• small rounded bread either plain or sweet

• 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
    

• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

• photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light

• a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

• a list of names
  • his name was struck off the rolls
    

• rotary motion of an object around its own axis
  • wheels in axial rotation
    

Verb

• 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
    

• 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 rolled from town to town
    

• 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

• execute a roll, in tumbling
  • The gymnasts rolled and jumped
    

• shape by rolling
  • roll a cigarette
    

• begin operating or running
  • The cameras were rolling
    
  • The presses are already rolling
    

• arrange or or coil around
  • roll your hair around your finger
    
  • Twine the thread around the spool
    
  • She wrapped her arms around the child
    

• emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
  • The thunder rolled
    
  • rolling drums
    

• flatten or spread with a roller
  • roll out the paper
    

• occur in soft rounded shapes
  • The hills rolled past
    

• move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
  • The President's convoy rolled past the crowds
    

• move by turning over or rotating
  • The child rolled down the hill
    
  • turn over on your left side
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bowl , cast , scroll , paradiddle , drum roll , peal , pealing , rolling , bun , bankroll , coil , whorl , curl , curlicue , ringlet , gyre , roller , rolling wave , roster , axial rotation , axial motion , roll up , seethe , revolve , undulate , flap , wave , hustle , pluck , wind , wrap , twine , roll out , wheel , turn
• Antonyms: 
  unwind , wind off , unroll