roll

roll [rōl]

vi.

[ME rollen < OFr roller < VL * rotulare < L rotula: see ROLL the n.]

1.

a) to move by turning on an axis or over and over

b) to rotate about its axis lengthwise, as a spacecraft in flight

2.

a) to move or be moved on wheels

b) to travel in a wheeled vehicle

3. to travel about; wander

4. to pass; elapse [the years rolled by]

5.

a) to flow, as water, in a full swelling or sweeping motion [the waves rolling against the boat]

b) to be carried in a flow

6. to extend in gentle swells or undulations

7. to make a loud, continuous rising and falling sound [thunder rolls]

8. to rise and fall in a full, mellow cadence: said of sound, speech, etc.

9. to trill or warble

10. to form a ball or cylinder when turned over and over on itself: said as of cloth or yarn

11. to turn in a circular motion or move back and forth [with eyes rolling]

12. to rock from side to side [the ship pitched and rolled]

13. to walk by swaying

14. to become flattened or spread under a roller

15. to make progress; advance [start rolling]

16. to start operating [the presses rolled]

17. to take part in a bowling game

18. Informal to have plenty; abound ( in) [rolling in wealth ]

☆ 19. Football to move laterally: said of the passer: in full roll out

vt.

1. to move by turning on an axis or over and over [to roll a hoop]

2. to move or send on wheels or rollers

3. to cause to start operating

4. to move or send in a full, sweeping motion

5. to beat (a drum) with blows in rapid, light succession

6. to utter with full, flowing sound [to roll one's words]

7. to pronounce or say with a trill [to roll one's r's]

8. to give a swaying motion to [waves rolling the ship along]

9. to move gently around and around or from side to side [to roll one's eyes]

10. to make into a ball or cylinder by winding over and over itself or something else [to roll a cigarette]

11. to wrap or enfold, as in a covering [to roll a child in a blanket]

12. to make flat, smooth, or spread out by using a roller, rolling pin, etc.

13.

☆ a) to throw (the dice) as in the game of craps

b) to make (a specified cast) with dice [she rolled a four ]

☆ 14. Slang to rob (a drunken or sleeping person)

15. Bowling

a) to throw (a ball)

b) to make (a certain play or score) [to roll a strike]

c) to take part in (a game or games) [to roll three games]

16. Printing to spread ink on (type, a form, etc.) with a roller

n.

[ME rolle < OFr < L rotula, rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel < IE * roto-, var. of base * ret(h)-, to run, roll > OIr rethim, (I) run, OHG rad, wheel]

1. the act or an instance of rolling

2.

a) a paper, parchment, etc. that is rolled up; scroll

b) something that is, or looks as if, rolled up

3. a register; catalog

4. a list of names for checking attendance; muster roll

5. a measure of something rolled into a cylinder [a roll of wallpaper]

6. a cylindrical mass of something [a sausage roll]

7. any of various foods that are rolled during preparation, as

a) any small portion of bread, variously shaped

b) thin cake covered with fruit, nuts, etc. and rolled [a jelly roll]

c) beef, veal, etc. rolled and cooked

8. a roller (in various senses)

9. a swaying or rolling motion

10. a rapid succession of light blows on a drum

11. a loud, reverberating sound; peal, as of thunder

12. a full, cadenced flow of words

13. a trill or warble

14. a slight swell or rise on the surface of something, as land

☆ 15. Slang money; esp., a wad of paper money

16. Aeron. a maneuver in which an airplane in flight performs one complete rotation around its longitudinal axis

17. Bookbinding a revolving tool used in making an impression or pattern

SYN.- LIST¹

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a roll in the hay

Slang sexual intercourse

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be on a roll

Informal to have a series of successes; go from success to success

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roll back

1. to move back

☆ 2. to reduce (prices) to a previous or standard level by government action and control

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roll in

to assemble, arrive, or appear, usually in large numbers or amounts

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roll out

1. to flatten into a sheet by rolling

2. to spread out by unrolling

3. Slang to get out of bed

4. Business to introduce (a new product)

5. see ROLL vi. 19 Football

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roll over

☆ 1. to refinance (a maturing note, etc.)

☆ 2. to reinvest (funds) so as to defer the payment of taxes

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roll round

to recur, as in a cycle [winter rolled round again]

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roll up

1. to make or put into the form of a roll

2. to wrap up by turning over and over

3. to acquire or increase by accumulation

4. Informal to arrive in a vehicle

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roll with a punch or roll with the punch Informal

1. to move in the same direction as a punch thrown at one so as to lessen its force

2. to lessen the impact of a misfortune by not resisting too violently

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strike off the rolls or strike from the rolls

to expel from membership