Definition: the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
Main entry: roll
Definition: a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
Main entry: roll
Definition: walking with a swaying gait
Definition: the act of throwing dice
Main entry: roll
Definition: anything rolled up in cylindrical form
Main entry: roll
Definition: photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
Definition: a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
Definition: a list of names
Usage: his name was struck off the rolls
Main entry: roll, roller, rolling wave
Definition: a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
Main entry: paradiddle, roll, drum roll
Definition: the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
Main entry: peal, pealing, roll, rolling
Definition: a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
Main entry: roll, axial motion, axial rotation
Definition: rotary motion of an object around its own axis
Usage: wheels in axial rotation
Definition: small rounded bread either plain or sweet
Definition: a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
Usage: he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag
Main entry: curl, curlicue, coil, gyre, whorl, ringlet, scroll, roll
Definition: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Main entry: roll
Definition: execute a roll, in tumbling
Usage: The gymnasts rolled and jumped
Definition: show certain properties when being rolled
Usage: The carpet rolls unevenly; dried-out tobacco rolls badly
Main entry: roll
Definition: take the shape of a roll or cylinder
Usage: the carpet rolled out; Yarn rolls well
Main entry: roll
Definition: shape by rolling
Usage: roll a cigarette
Definition: boil vigorously
Usage: The liquid was seething; The water rolled
Main entry: roll
Definition: pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
Usage: She rolls her r's
Definition: flatten or spread with a roller
Usage: roll out the paper
Main entry: wind, wrap, twine, roll
Definition: arrange or or coil around
Usage: roll your hair around your finger; Twine the thread around the spool; She wrapped her arms around the child
Main entry: roll
Definition: begin operating or running
Usage: The cameras were rolling; The presses are already rolling
Definition: move by turning over or rotating
Usage: The child rolled down the hill; turn over on your left side
Definition: cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
Usage: She rolled the ball; They rolled their eyes at his words
Main entry: roll
Definition: move, rock, or sway from side to side
Usage: The ship rolled on the heavy seas
Main entry: tramp, swan, stray, drift, cast, roam, ramble, range, vagabond, wander, roll, rove
Definition: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Usage: 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
Definition: move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
Usage: The President's convoy rolled past the crowds
Main entry: undulate, flap, roll, wave
Definition: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
Usage: The curtains undulated; the waves rolled towards the beach
Main entry: roll
Definition: emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
Usage: The thunder rolled; rolling drums
Main entry: pluck, hustle, roll
Definition: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Definition: occur in soft rounded shapes
Usage: The hills rolled past