roll - 34 definitions |
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| 1. | axial rotation -- rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation" |
| synonyms: axial rotation, axial motion |
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| 2. | roll -- a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls" |
| synonyms: roster |
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| 3. | roller -- a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore |
| synonyms: roller, rolling wave |
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| 4. | roll -- photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light |
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| 5. | coil -- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
| synonyms: coil, whorl, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll |
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| 6. | bankroll -- 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" |
| synonyms: bankroll |
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| 7. | bun -- small rounded bread either plain or sweet |
| synonyms: bun |
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| 8. | peal -- a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) |
| synonyms: peal, pealing, rolling |
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| 9. | paradiddle -- the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously |
| synonyms: paradiddle, drum roll |
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| 10. | scroll -- a document that can be rolled up (as for storage) |
| synonyms: scroll |
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| 11. | roll -- anything rolled up in cylindrical form |
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| 12. | cast -- the act of throwing dice |
| synonyms: cast |
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| 13. | roll -- walking with a swaying gait |
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| 14. | roll -- a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude |
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| 15. | roll -- the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) |
| synonyms: bowl |
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| 16. | roll -- move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side" |
| synonyms: turn over |
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| 17. | wheel -- move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" |
| synonyms: wheel |
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| 18. | roll -- occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past" |
| synonyms: undulate |
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| 19. | roll out -- flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper" |
| synonyms: roll out |
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| 20. | roll -- emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums" |
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| 21. | wind -- arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" |
| synonyms: wind, wrap, twine |
| antonyms: unwind -- reverse the winding or twisting of; "unwind a ball of yarn" |
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| 22. | roll -- begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling" |
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| 23. | roll -- shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette" |
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| 24. | roll -- execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" |
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| 25. | hustle -- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity |
| synonyms: hustle, pluck |
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| 26. | roll -- move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" |
| synonyms: undulate, flap, wave |
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| 27. | roll -- 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" |
| synonyms: wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond |
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| 28. | roll -- move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas" |
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| 29. | roll -- 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" |
| synonyms: revolve |
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| 30. | roll -- pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's" |
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| 31. | seethe -- boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" |
| synonyms: seethe |
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| 32. | roll -- take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well" |
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| 33. | roll -- show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" |
| synonyms: roll up |
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| 34. | roll, rolls -- to move along by repeatedly turning over |
| synonyms: rolls, reroll, rolled |
| Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language |
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