roll
verb
[ rəʊl ]
• move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis.
• "the car rolled down into a ditch"
Similar:
turn round and round,
go round and round,
turn over and over,
spin,
rotate,
bowl,
• (of a vehicle) move or run on wheels.
• "the van was rolling along the lane"
• turn (something flexible) over and over on itself to form a cylinder, tube, or ball.
• "he rolled the handkerchief into a ball"
• flatten (something) by passing a roller over it or by passing it between rollers.
• "roll out the dough on a floured surface"
• (of a loud, deep sound) reverberate.
• "the first peals of thunder rolled across the sky"
• rob (someone, typically when they are intoxicated or asleep).
• "if you don't get drunk, you don't get rolled"
roll
noun
• a cylinder formed by winding flexible material round a tube or by turning it over and over on itself without folding.
• "a roll of carpet"
• a movement in which someone or something turns or is turned over on itself.
• "a roll of the dice"
• a prolonged, deep, reverberating sound.
• "thunder exploded, roll after roll"
Similar:
rumble,
reverberation,
echo,
boom,
thunder,
thunderclap,
clap,
crack,
roar,
grumble,
tattoo,
rataplan,
• a very small loaf of bread, to be eaten by one person.
• "soup with a roll"
• an official list or register of names.
• "the school had no one by his name on its roll"
Similar:
list,
register,
listing,
directory,
record,
file,
index,
catalogue,
inventory,
census,
• undulation of the landscape.
• "hidden by the roll of the land was a refinery"
• a roller for flattening something, especially one used to shape metal in a rolling mill.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French rolle (noun), roller (verb), from Latin rotulus ‘a roll’, variant of rotula ‘little wheel’, diminutive of rota .
