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roll > 33 senses
NOUN	1	roll, axial rotation, axial motion	Rotary motion of an object around its own axis
	2	roll, roster	A list of names
	3	roll, roller, rolling wave	A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
	4	roll	Photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
	5	roll, coil, whorl, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll	A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
	6	roll, bankroll	A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
	7	roll, bun	Small rounded bread either plain or sweet
	8	roll, peal, pealing, rolling	A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
	9	roll, paradiddle, drum roll	The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
	10	roll, scroll	A document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
	11	roll	Anything rolled up in cylindrical form
	12	roll, cast	The act of throwing dice
	13	roll	Walking with a rolling gait
	14	roll	A flight maneuver
	15	roll	The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
VERB	1	roll, turn over	Move by turning over or rotating
	2	roll, wheel	Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
	3	roll, undulate	Occur in soft rounded shapes
	4	roll, roll out	Flatten or spread with a roller
	5	roll	Emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound
	6	roll, wind, wrap, twine	Wrap or coil around
	7	roll	Begin operating or running
	8	roll	Shape by rolling
	9	roll	Execute a roll, in tumbling
	10	roll, hustle, pluck	Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
	11	roll, undulate, flap, wave	Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
	12	roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond	Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
	13	roll	Move, rock, or sway from side to side
	14	roll, revolve	Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis
	15	roll	Pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/
	16	roll, seethe	Boil vigorously
	17	roll	Take the shape of a roll or cylinder
	18	roll, roll up	Show certain properties when being rolled

roll > pronunciation
Sounds	row'l
Rhymes	amphibole, bankroll, bole / Bole, and 69 more rhymes in owl at the HyperDic website...

roll > noun 1, event
Meaning	Rotary motion of an object around its own axis.
Synonyms	axial rotation, axial motion
Narrower	wallow
Broader	rotation, revolution, gyration
Verbs	roll; roll; roll; roll; roll; roll

roll > noun 2, communication
Meaning	A list of names.
Examples	"his name was struck off the rolls"
Synonyms	roster
Narrower	batting order, card, lineup; death-roll; muster roll; church roll; rota; waiting list
Broader	list, listing

roll > noun 3, event
Meaning	A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore.
Synonyms	roller, rolling wave
Broader	wave, moving ridge

roll > noun 4, artifact
Meaning	Photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light.
Broader	film, photographic film

roll > noun 5, shape
Meaning	A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles.
Synonyms	coil, whorl, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
Narrower	corolla; calyx; verticil
Broader	round shape
Verbs	roll; roll; roll

roll > noun 6, possession
Meaning	A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.).
Examples	"he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag"
Synonyms	bankroll
Category	commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
Broader	funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource

roll > noun 7, food
Meaning	Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
Synonyms	bun
Narrower	tea bread; frankfurter bun, hotdog bun; hamburger bun, hamburger roll; brioche; crescent roll, croissant; hard roll, Vienna roll; soft roll; kaiser roll; Parker House roll; clover-leaf roll; onion roll; sweet roll, coffee roll; bagel, beigel
Broader	bread, breadstuff, staff of life

roll > noun 8, event
Meaning	A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
Synonyms	peal, pealing, rolling
Broader	sound
Verbs	roll

roll > noun 9, event
Meaning	The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously.
Synonyms	paradiddle, drum roll
Broader	sound
Verbs	roll

roll > noun 10, communication
Meaning	A document that can be rolled up (as for storage).
Synonyms	scroll
Narrower	Dead Sea scrolls; Megillah; Torah
Broader	manuscript, holograph

roll > noun 11, artifact
Meaning	Anything rolled up in cylindrical form.
Narrower	bolt; rouleau; rouleau
Broader	cylinder

roll > noun 12, act
Meaning	The act of throwing dice.
Synonyms	cast
Part of	craps, crap shooting, crapshoot, crap game
Narrower	natural
Broader	throw

roll > noun 13, act
Meaning	Walking with a rolling gait.
Broader	gait

roll > noun 14, act
Meaning	A flight maneuver. Aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude.
Narrower	barrel roll; snap roll
Broader	flight maneuver, airplane maneuver

roll > noun 15, act
Meaning	The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling).
Part of	bowling
Broader	propulsion, actuation

roll > verb 1, motion
Meaning	Move by turning over or rotating.
Pattern	Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Model	These balls roll easily
Examples	"The child rolled down the hill"
Synonyms	turn over
Narrower	rim
Broader	turn
Similar to	roll, revolve
See also	roll over; roll down
Nouns	roller; roll; roller

roll > verb 2, motion
Meaning	Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Model	These cars won't roll
Examples	"The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
Synonyms	wheel
Narrower	bowl; troll
Broader	travel, go, move, locomote
Nouns	roll; rolling

roll > verb 3, stative
Meaning	Occur in soft rounded shapes.
Pattern	Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Examples	"The hills rolled past"
Synonyms	undulate
Nouns	roll

roll > verb 4, contact
Meaning	Flatten or spread with a roller.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"roll out the paper"
Synonyms	roll out
Narrower	cog; mill
Broader	flatten
Nouns	roll

roll > verb 5, perception
Meaning	Emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound.
Pattern	Something ----s
Model	Cars roll in the streets; The streets roll with cars
Examples	"The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
Broader	sound, go
Nouns	roll; roll, rolling

roll > verb 6, contact
Meaning	Wrap or coil around.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something PP
Model	They roll the wire around the stick; The wires roll around the stick
Examples	"roll your hair around your finger"
Synonyms	wind, wrap, twine
Narrower	spool; reel; ball; clue, clew; coil, loop, curl
Broader	move, displace
Contrary	unwind, wind off, unroll
See also	roll up
Nouns	roll; roller

roll > verb 7, contact
Meaning	Begin operating or running.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"
Broader	function, work, operate, go, run

roll > verb 8, change
Meaning	Shape by rolling.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"roll a cigarette"
Broader	shape, form
Nouns	roll; roll

roll > verb 9, body
Meaning	Execute a roll, in tumbling.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Examples	"The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
Broader	tumble
Nouns	roll

roll > verb 10, possession
Meaning	Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody
Synonyms	hustle, pluck
Broader	steal

roll > verb 11, motion
Meaning	Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples	"the waves rolled towards the beach"
Synonyms	undulate, flap, wave
Narrower	luff
Broader	move
Nouns	roller

roll > verb 12, motion
Meaning	Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"They rolled from town to town"
Synonyms	wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
Narrower	maunder; gallivant, gad, jazz around
Broader	travel, go, move, locomote
Similar to	stray, err, drift; wander

roll > verb 13, motion
Meaning	Move, rock, or sway from side to side.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
Broader	rock, sway, shake

roll > verb 14, motion
Meaning	Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"
Synonyms	revolve
Narrower	transit
Broader	move, displace
Similar to	roll, turn over
Nouns	roll

roll > verb 15, communication
Meaning	Pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/. "She rolls her r's".
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Broader	pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say

roll > verb 16, change
Meaning	Boil vigorously.
Pattern	Something ----s
Model	The water rolls
Examples	"The water rolled"
Synonyms	seethe
Broader	churn, boil, moil, roil

roll > verb 17, change
Meaning	Take the shape of a roll or cylinder.
Pattern	Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s Adjective
Examples	"the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"
Broader	change shape, change form, deform

roll > verb 18, change
Meaning	Show certain properties when being rolled.
Pattern	Somebody ----s Adjective
Examples	"The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
Synonyms	roll up
Broader	change
Similar to	roll up, wrap up; roll up, furl