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When something moves by rotating or spinning, it rolls. If your dog is smart enough, you can train her to roll a ball back to you after you roll it to her.

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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.

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the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)

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a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude

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walking with a rolling gait

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the act of throwing dice

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anything rolled up in cylindrical form

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photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light

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a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

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a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"

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a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

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the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

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a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

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rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"

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small rounded bread either plain or sweet

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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"

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a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles

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execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"

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show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"

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take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"

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shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette"

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boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"

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pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r''s"

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flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"

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wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"

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begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"

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move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"

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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"

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move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"

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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 ro

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move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President''s convoy rolled past the crowds"

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move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"

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emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"

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sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

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occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past"


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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.

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To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.

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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.

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To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.

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.

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To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street.

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To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.

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To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice.

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To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.

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To turn; to move circularly.

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To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.

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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.

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To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.

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To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.

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To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.

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To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.

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The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.

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That which rolls; a roller.

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A heavy cylinder used to break clods.

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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.

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That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.

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

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Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.

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A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.

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A cylindrical twist of tobacco.

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A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.

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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.

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A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder.

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The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.

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Part; office; duty; role.


Roll

Roll , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rolled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rolling.] [OF. roeler, roler, F. rouler, LL. rotulare, fr. L. royulus, rotula, a little wheel, dim. of rota wheel; akin to G. rad, and to Skr. ratha car, chariot. Cf. Control, Roll, n., Rotary.] 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as, to roll up a parcel. 4. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.
The flood of Catholic reaction was rolled over Europe.
5. 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.
Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies.
6. 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. 7. To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels. 8. To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon. 9. (Geom.) 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. 10. To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
Full oft in heart he rolleth up and down The beauty of these florins new and bright.
To roll one's self, to wallow. -- To roll the eye, to direct its axis hither and thither in quick succession. -- To roll one's r's, to utter the letter r with a trill. [Colloq.]

Roll

Roll, v. i. 1. 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.
And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls.
2. To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street. "The rolling chair." Dryden. 3. To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well. 4. To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice. 5. To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away. 6. To turn; to move circularly.
And his red eyeballs roll with living fire.
7. To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
What different sorrows did within thee roll.
8. 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.
Twice ten tempestuous nights I rolled.
9. To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls. 10. To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well. 11. To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear. 12. To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls. To roll about, to gad abroad. [Obs.]
Man shall not suffer his wife go roll about.

Roll

Roll, n. [F. r'93le a roll (in sense 3), fr. L. rotulus little wheel, LL., a roll, dim. of L. rota a wheel. See Roll, v., and cf. R'93le, Rouleau, Roulette.] 1. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves. 2. That which rolls; a roller. Specifically: (a) A heavy cylinder used to break clods. Mortimer. (b) 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. 3. That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc. Specifically: (a) A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
Busy angels spread The lasting roll, recording what we say.
(b) Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
The rolls of Parliament, the entry of the petitions, answers, and transactions in Parliament, are extant.
The roll and list of that army doth remain.
(c) A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon. (d) A cylindrical twist of tobacco. 4. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself. 5. (Naut.) 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. 6. A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder. 7. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear. 8. Part; office; duty; r'93le. [Obs.] L'Estrange. Long roll (Mil.), a prolonged roll of the drums, as the signal of an attack by the enemy, and for the troops to arrange themselves in line. -- Master of the rolls. See under Master. -- Roll call, the act, or the time, of calling over a list names, as among soldiers. -- Rolls of court, of parliament (or of any public body), the parchments or rolls on which the acts and proceedings of that body are engrossed by the proper officer, and which constitute the records of such public body. -- To call the roll, to call off or recite a list or roll of names of persons belonging to an organization, in order to ascertain who are present or to obtain responses from those present. Syn. -- List; schedule; catalogue; register; inventory. See List.

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.

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.

The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.

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Usage Examples

I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock & roll cool that had nothing to do with New York, Los Angeles or London, which made them completely out of style in the 1970s, but also made them an inspiration to generations of weird Southern kids.

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.

I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

Gibson has been making the finest electric guitars the world has ever witnessed for over 70 years. They are as American as God, guns and rock and roll.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I feel like that I'm learning all the time. I'm learning from new artists, from established artists... every time I listen to '70s rock 'n' roll records, I'm learning. And I think that I'm just now starting to get a hold on what I do.

I think it's probably best to work out in the morning to get it out of the way. My ultimate top tip is to drag yourself, even if you have to roll yourself out of your bed and in to a sit-up - it's really not that bad once you start.

I like pop music. I consider rock 'n' roll to be a branch of pop music.

I think Lady Gaga is great and is changing pop music and bringing back a certain rock 'n' roll spirit, swagger to the game.

I did the whole rock and roll thing that's coming up. I think you're going to enjoy that! 'Burt Rocks', it's called. I like that he's a dreamer I like how positive he is. There's a lot of things I think I can learn from Burt.

I don't know if it's possible to live the rock 'n roll lifestyle and still be romantic.

Drill everything, mine everything, roll back regulations, tweak the science, expedite permits. Sound familiar? The Republicans offer up more 19th-Century solutions to our 21st-Century energy problems.

A more important reason is that the bands will intuitively trust someone they think is a peer, and who speaks fondly of the same formative rock and roll experiences.

I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard.

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