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roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
a list of names
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.

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
Type Words
Synonyms wheel
Type of travel, locomote, move, go
Has types troll, bowl
Derivation rolling


The President's convoy rolled past the crowds.

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
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.

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
move by turning over or rotating
Type Words
Synonyms turn over
Type of turn
Has types rim
Verb group revolve
Derivation roller


The child rolled down the hill.

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
Type Words
Synonyms peal, pealing, rolling
Type of sound

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
small rounded bread either plain or sweet
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

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
show certain properties when being rolled
Type Words
Synonyms roll up
Type of change
Verb group wrap up, roll up, furl


The carpet rolls unevenly.
dried-out tobacco rolls badly.

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
Type Words
Synonyms bankroll
Type of pecuniary resource, monetary resource, funds, cash in hand, finances


he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag.

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
Type Words
Synonyms roller, rolling wave
Type of wave, moving ridge

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
flatten or spread with a roller
Type Words
Synonyms roll out
Type of flatten
Has types cog, mill


roll out the paper.

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
Type Words
Synonyms drum roll, paradiddle
Type of sound

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
arrange or or coil around
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.

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
the act of throwing dice
Type Words
Synonyms cast
Type of throw
Has types natural

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
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.

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Type Words
Synonyms hustle, pluck
Type of rip, steal, rip off

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
boil vigorously
Type Words
Synonyms seethe
Type of roil, churn, boil, moil


The water rolled.

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Type Words
Synonyms coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, scroll, whorl
Type of round shape
Has types corolla, verticil, calyx

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
Type Words
Synonyms bowl
Type of propulsion, actuation

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
Type Words
Synonyms flap, undulate, wave
Type of move
Has types luff
Derivation roller


the waves rolled towards the beach.

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
Type Words
Synonyms scroll
Type of manuscript, holograph
Has types torah, megillah

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
rotary motion of an object around its own axis
Type Words
Synonyms axial motion, axial rotation
Type of gyration, rotation, revolution
Has types wallow

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
occur in soft rounded shapes
Type Words
Synonyms undulate


The hills rolled past.

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
Type Words
Type of airplane maneuver, flight maneuver
Has types snap roll, barrel roll

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
anything rolled up in cylindrical form
Type Words
Type of cylinder
Has types rouleau, bolt

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
begin operating or running
Type Words
Type of function, run, operate, go, work


The cameras were rolling.
The presses are already rolling.

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
Type Words
Type of go, sound
Derivation rolling


The thunder rolled.
rolling drums.

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
execute a roll, in tumbling
Type Words
Type of tumble


The gymnasts rolled and jumped.

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
move, rock, or sway from side to side
Type Words
Type of shake, rock, sway


The ship rolled on the heavy seas.

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
Type Words
Type of photographic film, film

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
Type Words
Type of say, articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out


She rolls her r's.

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
shape by rolling
Type Words
Type of shape, form


roll a cigarette.

roll::verb | Spocien Dictionary

roll
verb
/roʊl/
take the shape of a roll or cylinder
Type Words
Type of deform, change shape, change form


the carpet rolled out.
Yarn rolls well.

roll::noun | Spocien Dictionary

roll
noun
/roʊl/
walking with a swaying gait
Type Words
Type of gait
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.