Roll

verb

  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.

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  2. To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.

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

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  4. To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.

    rolling

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  5. To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out.

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  6. To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.

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

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  8. To leave or begin a journey.

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  9. To compete, especially with vigor.

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

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  11. 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 such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.

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

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  13. To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.

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  14. To throw dice.

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  15. To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.

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  16. To have a rolling aspect.

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  17. To create a new character in a role-playing game.

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  18. To generate a random number.

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  19. To turn over and over.

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  20. To tumble in gymnastics.

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  21. When a nautical vessel rotates on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.

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  22. To beat up.

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  23. To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.

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  24. To betray secrets.

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  25. To act.

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  26. To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy.

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noun

  1. The act of rolling, or state of being rolled.

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  2. That which rolls; a roller.

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  3. Specifically, a heavy cylinder used to break clods.

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  4. Specifically, 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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  5. That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.

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

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

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

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  9. Specifically, A cylindrical twist of tobacco.

    tobacco

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

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  11. 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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  12. A heavy, reverberatory sound.

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

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  14. Part; office; duty; rôle.

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  15. A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.

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  16. The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.

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  17. The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.

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  18. The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel rotates on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.

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