roll

1. n. To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel. Source: opted

2. n. To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball. Source: opted

3. n. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel. Source: opted

4. n. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean. Source: opted

5. n. To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences. Source: opted

6. n. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc. Source: opted

7. n. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels. Source: opted

8. n. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon. Source: opted

9. n. To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal. Source: opted

10. n. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve. Source: opted

11. v. i. To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane. Source: opted

12. v. i. To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street. Source: opted

13. v. i. To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well. Source: opted

14. v. i. To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice. Source: opted

15. v. i. To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away. Source: opted

16. v. i. To turn; to move circularly. Source: opted

17. v. i. To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression. Source: opted

18. v. i. To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about. Source: opted

19. v. i. To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls. Source: opted

20. v. i. To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well. Source: opted

21. v. i. To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear. Source: opted

22. v. i. To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls. Source: opted

23. v. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves. Source: opted

24. v. That which rolls; a roller. Source: opted

25. v. A heavy cylinder used to break clods. Source: opted

26. v. One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through the rolls. Source: opted

27. v. That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc. Source: opted

28. v. A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll. Source: opted

29. v. Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list. Source: opted

30. v. A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon. Source: opted

31. v. A cylindrical twist of tobacco. Source: opted

32. v. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself. Source: opted

33. v. The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching. Source: opted

34. v. A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder. Source: opted

35. v. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear. Source: opted

36. v. Part; office; duty; role. Source: opted

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