Roll

v. move by turning over and over; curl up, form into a cylinder; wrap around a spool, wind up; produce a long deep sound like that of thunder; begin, set out, commence activity (Informal)

n. cylindrical object; small loaf of bread, bun; somersault; register, list of names; scroll, paper or papers rolled into a cylinder; long deep sound like that of thunder; rotation, revolution, one full spin

The word roll has these meanings:A thin flexible solid wound around a centreSomething wrapped around a tube, e.g. toilet roll.Paper strips wrapped around a thin quilling tool, e.g. quilling.In food:A bread roll.A roll can refer to other foods; sausage roll, spring roll, egg roll.In the atmosphere:A roll cloud, usually found in the lee of mountains.In the boundary layer, the horizontal vortices that usually fill the layer, also known as organized large eddies.In transport:Bank or roll, an aerobatic manoeuvre, also see flight dynamics.The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching. See flight dynamicsThe smooth wheels fitted to a steamroller or motor roller.In music:Drum roll, a technique employed by percussionists to produce a sustained sound from a drumThe Legato playing technique for stringed instruments (especially electric guitars)A register, catalogue, or list of people (See also roster):a list of eligible voters on an electoral rollin video and movie terminology, a roll is vertically moving text, as in credits roll.the collective noun for the pupils of a school e.g. "There are 1240 pupils in the school roll."A bank roll, a paper holder for coins.A term for excess fat on someone's bodyA Kayak roll, the manoeuvre used to right a kayaker that has capsized.A heavy machine used in a steel mill.Rolling someone's feet, as in marching band, see glide step.To rob a person who is in a helpless state.A slang term for a pill of MDMA (ecstasy), or being under the effects thereof (rolling).Proper names, such as people and companiesRolls Corporation, an audio electronics manufacturer company in Salt Lake City, Utah.Rolls fast-food restaurant, a Finnish chain.Bob Roll, an American professional cyclist and commentator.Charles Rolls, co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited and a pioneer aviator.Roll, a female character in the Mega Man series of video games.
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Noun
1. rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"
(synonym) axial rotation, axial motion
(hypernym) rotation, revolution, gyration
(hyponym) wallow
(derivation) revolve
2. a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"
(synonym) roster
(hypernym) list, listing
(hyponym) batting order, card, lineup
3. a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
(synonym) roller, rolling wave
(hypernym) wave, moving ridge
4. photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
(hypernym) film, photographic film
5. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
(synonym) coil, whorl, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
(hypernym) round shape
(hyponym) corolla
6. 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"
(synonym) bankroll
(hypernym) funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
(classification) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
7. small rounded bread either plain or sweet
(synonym) bun
(hypernym) bread, breadstuff, staff of life
(hyponym) tea bread
8. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
(synonym) peal, pealing, rolling
(hypernym) sound
9. the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
(synonym) paradiddle, drum roll
(hypernym) sound
10. a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
(synonym) scroll
(hypernym) manuscript, holograph
(hyponym) Dead Sea scrolls
11. anything rolled up in cylindrical form
(hypernym) cylinder
(hyponym) bolt
12. the act of throwing dice
(synonym) cast
(hypernym) throw
(hyponym) natural
(part-holonym) craps, crap shooting, crapshoot, crap game
13. walking with a rolling gait
(hypernym) gait
14. a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
(hypernym) flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
(hyponym) barrel roll
15. the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
(hypernym) propulsion, actuation
(part-holonym) bowling
Verb
1. move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
(synonym) turn over
(hypernym) turn
(hyponym) rim
(see-also) avalanche, roll down
(verb-group) revolve
(derivation) axial rotation, axial motion
2. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
(synonym) wheel
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) bowl
(derivation) axial rotation, axial motion
3. occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past"
(synonym) undulate
(derivation) coil, whorl, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
4. flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"
(synonym) roll out
(hypernym) flatten
(hyponym) cog
(derivation) coil, whorl, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
5. emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
(hypernym) sound, go
(derivation) paradiddle, drum roll
6. wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
(synonym) wind, wrap, twine
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) spool
(see-also) roll up, wrap up
(derivation) curler, hair curler, roller, crimper
7. begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"
(hypernym) function, work, operate, go, run
8. shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette"
(hypernym) shape, form
(derivation) coil, whorl, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
9. execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
(hypernym) tumble
(derivation) axial rotation, axial motion
10. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
(synonym) hustle, pluck
(hypernym) steal
11. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
(synonym) undulate, flap, wave
(hypernym) move
(hyponym) luff
(derivation) roller, rolling wave
12. 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"
(synonym) wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) maunder
(verb-group) stray, err, drift
13. move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
(hypernym) rock, sway, shake
14. 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"
(synonym) revolve
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) transit
(verb-group) turn over
(derivation) axial rotation, axial motion
15. pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's"
(hypernym) pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
16. boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"
(synonym) seethe
(hypernym) churn, boil, moil, roil
17. take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"
(hypernym) change shape, change form, deform
18. show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
(synonym) roll up
(hypernym) change
(verb-group) roll up, wrap up

v. roll, wheel, rotate, spin, turn around, move by turning over and over, curl up, form into a cylinder, wrap around a spool, wind up; produce a long deep sound like that of thunder; mangle, crush, smooth

(v. i.)
To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
  

(v. i.)
To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane.
  

(v. i.)
To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street.
  

(v. i.)
To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.
  

(v. i.)
To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about.
  

(v. i.)
To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice.
  

(v. i.)
To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
  

(v. i.)
To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
  

(n.)
To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
  

(n.)
To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.
  

(n.)
To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
  

(n.)
To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.
  

(n.)
To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
  

(n.)
To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.
  

(n.)
To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
  

(n.)
To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel.
  

(n.)
To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
  

(n.)
To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
  

(v.)
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
  

(v.)
The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.
  

(v.)
The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.
  

(v.)
That which rolls; a roller.
  

(v.)
That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
  

(v.)
Part; office; duty; role.
  

(v.)
One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through the rolls.
  

(v.)
Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
  

(v.)
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.
  

(v.)
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.
  

(v.)
A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder.
  

(v.)
A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
  

(v.)
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
  

(v.)
A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
  

(v. i.)
To turn; to move circularly.
  

(v. i.)
To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.
  

(v. i.)
To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.
  

(v. i.)
To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.