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[ US /ˈɹoʊɫ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈə‍ʊl/ ]
VERB
  1. shape by rolling
    roll a cigarette
  2. arrange or or coil around
    She wrapped her arms around the child
    roll your hair around your finger
    Twine the thread around the spool
  3. pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
    She rolls her r's
  4. occur in soft rounded shapes
    The hills rolled past
  5. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
    The President's convoy rolled past the crowds
  6. begin operating or running
    The cameras were rolling
    The presses are already rolling
  7. cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
    They rolled their eyes at his words
    She rolled the ball
  8. execute a roll, in tumbling
    The gymnasts rolled and jumped
  9. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
  10. show certain properties when being rolled
    dried-out tobacco rolls badly
    The carpet rolls unevenly
  11. flatten or spread with a roller
    roll out the paper
  12. boil vigorously
    The liquid was seething
    The water rolled
  13. move by turning over or rotating
    turn over on your left side
    The child rolled down the hill
  14. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
    The curtains undulated
    the waves rolled towards the beach
  15. take the shape of a roll or cylinder
    the carpet rolled out
    Yarn rolls well
  16. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
    The cattle roam across the prairie
    They rolled from town to town
    The gypsies roamed the woods
    roving vagabonds
    the laborers drift from one town to the next
    the wandering Jew
  17. emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
    The thunder rolled
    rolling drums
  18. move, rock, or sway from side to side
    The ship rolled on the heavy seas
NOUN
  1. anything rolled up in cylindrical form
  2. a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
  3. the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
  4. the act of throwing dice
  5. photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
  6. a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
  7. the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
  8. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
  9. small rounded bread either plain or sweet
  10. walking with a swaying gait
  11. a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
  12. a list of names
    his name was struck off the rolls
  13. 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
  14. rotary motion of an object around its own axis
    wheels in axial rotation
  15. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

How To Use roll In A Sentence

  • A thin veil of fog had rolled in off the bay, obscuring his view and coating the area in a pale gray-white mist.
  • The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe.
  • The Staff of Volans has a limited supply of magic energy. Roll a dice after each spell is cast.
  • The ball rolled into the hole and she had won.
  • He's managed to stay calm and controlled when the other slebs have been going a bit mad, and just got on with the winning.
  • Mr Smith said the department's own funds, which have bankrolled major improvements in the naval service, had been well tapped and it was now time to explore new ways of funding.
  • Documents with extra-wide margins are now displayed in a browser with a horizontal scroll bar.
  • At any rate, she rolled up the cuffs of her camouflage cargo pants a few times so she didn't trip if today's class required running.
  • On his first day there he approached a couple of elegant young toffs strolling around the campus. Times, Sunday Times
  • Faith in controlled nuclear fission is now being shown by the construction of atomic power stations.
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