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Type Words
Synonyms roster
Type of list, listing
Has types church roll, death-roll, lineup, muster roll, rota, batting order, card, waiting list


his name was struck off the rolls.
Type Words
Synonyms wheel
Type of travel, locomote, move, go
Has types troll, bowl
Derivation rolling


The President's convoy rolled past the crowds.
Type Words
Synonyms revolve
Type of move, displace
Has types transit
Verb group turn over


She rolled the ball.
They rolled their eyes at his words.
Type Words
Synonyms turn over
Type of turn
Has types rim
Verb group revolve
Derivation roller


The child rolled down the hill.
Type Words
Synonyms peal, pealing, rolling
Type of sound
Type Words
Synonyms bun
Type of bread, staff of life, breadstuff
Has types frankfurter bun, crescent roll, croissant, clover-leaf roll, coffee roll, vienna roll, tea bread, sweet roll, soft roll, beigel, bagel, parker house roll, onion roll, kaiser roll, hotdog bun, hard roll, hamburger roll, hamburger bun, brioche
Type Words
Synonyms roll up
Type of change
Verb group wrap up, roll up, furl


The carpet rolls unevenly.
dried-out tobacco rolls badly.
Type Words
Synonyms bankroll
Type of pecuniary resource, monetary resource, funds, cash in hand, finances


he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag.
Type Words
Synonyms roller, rolling wave
Type of wave, moving ridge
Type Words
Synonyms roll out
Type of flatten
Has types cog, mill


roll out the paper.
Type Words
Synonyms drum roll, paradiddle
Type of sound
Type Words
Synonyms twine, wind, wrap
Type of move, displace
Has types ball, clew, clue, coil, curl, spool, reel, loop
Derivation roller


roll your hair around your finger.
Type Words
Synonyms cast
Type of throw
Has types natural
Type Words
Synonyms cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander
Type of travel, move, go, locomote
Has types jazz around, maunder, gallivant, gad
Verb group stray, drift, wander, err


They rolled from town to town.
Type Words
Synonyms hustle, pluck
Type of rip, steal, rip off
Type Words
Synonyms seethe
Type of roil, churn, boil, moil


The water rolled.
Type Words
Synonyms coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, scroll, whorl
Type of round shape
Has types corolla, verticil, calyx
Type Words
Synonyms bowl
Type of propulsion, actuation
Type Words
Synonyms flap, undulate, wave
Type of move
Has types luff
Derivation roller


the waves rolled towards the beach.
Type Words
Synonyms scroll
Type of manuscript, holograph
Has types torah, megillah
Type Words
Synonyms axial motion, axial rotation
Type of gyration, rotation, revolution
Has types wallow
Type Words
Synonyms undulate


The hills rolled past.
Type Words
Type of airplane maneuver, flight maneuver
Has types snap roll, barrel roll
Type Words
Type of cylinder
Has types rouleau, bolt
Type Words
Type of function, run, operate, go, work


The cameras were rolling.
The presses are already rolling.
Type Words
Type of go, sound
Derivation rolling


The thunder rolled.
rolling drums.
Type Words
Type of tumble


The gymnasts rolled and jumped.
Type Words
Type of shake, rock, sway


The ship rolled on the heavy seas.
Type Words
Type of photographic film, film
Type Words
Type of say, articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out


She rolls her r's.
Type Words
Type of shape, form


roll a cigarette.
Type Words
Type of deform, change shape, change form


the carpet rolled out.
Yarn rolls well.
Type Words
Type of gait

Examples of roll

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The last of the big red Pacific Electric streetcars to roll along Van Nuys Blvd.
From the dailynews.com
I was happy with the first at-bat to get us the second run and we got on a roll.
From the dailyherald.com
Roll opposite sides toward the middle, like a scroll, then cut into thin slices.
From the orlandosentinel.com
If it goes well, Group Health would roll out the team approach to other clinics.
From the sacbee.com
Still, I let my camera roll, capturing the most dramatic video for CNN that day.
From the cnn.com
You'd almost think the tumbrels were about to roll again toward the guillotines.
From the businessweek.com
Fold the sides over to cover the filling, then roll the leaf from bottom to top.
From the courier-journal.com
Use this Pilates roll-down exercise to stretch and strengthen your core muscles.
From the latimes.com
The other part is fighting the urge to roll over and give myself a good licking.
From the latimes.com
More examples
  • Axial rotation: rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"
  • Move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
  • A list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"
  • Wheel: move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
  • Occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past"
  • Roller: a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
  • Roll is the third album by Australian alternative country musician Anne McCue. Her first album for Messenger Records, it was released to critical acclaim in 2003.
  • The Euler angles are three angles introduced by Leonhard Euler to describe the orientation of a rigid body. To describe such an orientation in 3-dimensional Euclidean space three parameters are required. They can be given in several ways, Euler angles being one of them; see charts on SO(3) for others...
  • Flight dynamics is the science of air and space vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. ...