- axial rotation, axial motion, roll - rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"
--1 is a kind of rotation, revolution, gyration
--1 has particulars: wallowDerived forms: verb roll14, verb roll9, verb roll8, verb roll6, verb roll2, verb roll1 - roll, roster - a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"
--2 is a kind of list, listing
--2 has particulars:batting order, card, lineup; death-roll; muster roll; church roll; rota; waiting list - roller, roll, rolling wave - a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
--3 is a kind of wave, moving ridge
- roll - photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
--4 is a kind of film, photographic film
- coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
--5 is a kind of round shape
--5 has particulars: corolla; calyx; verticilDerived forms: verb roll8, verb roll4, verb roll3 - bankroll, roll - 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"
--6 is a kind of funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
- bun, roll - small rounded bread either plain or sweet
--7 is a kind of bread, breadstuff, staff of life
--7 has particulars:- peal, pealing, roll, rolling - a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
--8 is a kind of sound
Derived form: verb roll5 - paradiddle, roll, drum roll - the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
--9 is a kind of sound
Derived form: verb roll5 - scroll, roll - a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
--10 is a kind of manuscript, holograph
--10 has particulars: Dead Sea scrolls; Megillah; Torah- roll - anything rolled up in cylindrical form
--11 is a kind of cylinder
--11 has particulars: bolt; rouleau; rouleau- cast, roll - the act of throwing dice
--12 is a kind of throw
--12 is a part of craps, crap shooting, crapshoot, crap game
--12 has particulars: natural- roll - walking with a rolling gait
--13 is a kind of gait
- roll - a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
--14 is a kind of flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
--14 has particulars: barrel roll; snap roll- roll - the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
--15 is a kind of propulsion, actuation
--15 is a part of bowling - coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
- roll, turn over - move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
--1 is one way to turn
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun roll1, noun roller3, noun roller4
These balls roll easily
- wheel, roll - move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
--2 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun roll1, noun rolling3
These cars won't roll
- roll, undulate - occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past"
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun roll5
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- roll out, roll - flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"
--4 is one way to flatten
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun roll5
Somebody ----s something
- roll - emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
--5 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun roll9, noun roll8, noun rolling1
Cars roll in the streets
The streets roll with cars
- wind, wrap, roll, twine - wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
--6 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun roller5, noun roll1
They roll the wire around the stick
The wires roll around the stick
- roll - begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"
--7 is one way to function, work, operate, go, run
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- roll - shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette"
--8 is one way to shape, form
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun roll5, noun roll1
Somebody ----s something
- roll - execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
--9 is one way to tumble
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun roll1
Somebody ----s
- hustle, pluck, roll - sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
--10 is one way to steal
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
- roll, undulate, flap, wave - move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
--11 is one way to move
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun roller2
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- 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; "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 rolled from town to town"
--12 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- roll - move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
--13 is one way to rock, sway, shake
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- roll, revolve - 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"
--14 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun roll1
Somebody ----s something
- roll - pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's"
--15 is one way to pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- seethe, roll - boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"
--16 is one way to churn, boil, moil, roil
Sample sentence:
The water rolls
- roll - take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"
--17 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s Adjective
- roll, roll up - show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
--18 is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s Adjective
- roll - shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette"