| VERB | motion | roll, turn over | move by turning over or rotating |
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| motion | roll, wheel | move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle | |
| stative | roll, undulate | occur in soft rounded shapes | |
| contact | roll, roll out | flatten or spread with a roller | |
| perception | roll | emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound | |
| contact | roll, wind, wrap, twine | arrange or or coil around | |
| contact | roll | begin operating or running | |
| change | roll | shape by rolling | |
| body | roll | execute a roll, in tumbling | |
| possession | roll, hustle, pluck | sell something to or obtain something from by energetic / energetic and especially underhanded activity | |
| motion | roll, undulate, flap, wave | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion | |
| motion | 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 | |
| motion | roll | move, rock, or sway from side / side to side / side | |
| motion | roll, revolve | cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis | |
| communication | roll | pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/ | |
| change | roll, seethe | boil vigorously | |
| change | roll | take the shape of a roll or cylinder | |
| change | roll, roll up | show certain properties when being rolled | |
| NOUN | event | roll, axial rotation, axial motion | rotary motion of an object around its own axis |
| communication | roll, roster | a list of names | |
| event | roll, roller, rolling wave | a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore | |
| artifact | roll | photographic film rolled ... / rolled up inside a container to protect it from light | |
| shape | roll, coil, whorl, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | |
| possession | roll, bankroll | a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.) | |
| food | roll, bun | small rounded bread either plain or sweet | |
| event | roll, peal, pealing, rolling | a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) | |
| event | roll, paradiddle, drum roll | the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously | |
| communication | roll, scroll | a document that can be rolled ... / rolled up (as for storage) | |
| artifact | roll | anything rolled ... / rolled up in cylindrical form | |
| act | roll, cast | the act of throwing dice | |
| act | roll | walking with a swaying gait | |
| act | roll | a flight maneuver | |
| act | roll, bowl | the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) |
| Sounds | row'l | |
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| Rhymes | amphibole ... whole: 76 rhymes with owl... | |
| Meaning | rotary motion of an object around its own axis. | |
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| Synonyms | axial rotation, axial motion | |
| Narrower | wallow | An indolent or clumsy rolling about |
| Broader | rotation, revolution, gyration | A single complete turn (axial or orbital) |
| Verbs | roll | execute a roll, in tumbling |
| roll | shape by rolling | |
| roll | arrange or or coil around | |
| roll | move by turning over or rotating | |
| roll | move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle | |
| roll | cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis | |
| Meaning | A list of names. | |
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| Example | "his name was struck off the rolls" | |
| Synonym | roster | |
| Narrower | batting order, card, lineup | (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat / bat |
| church roll | A list of the members of church | |
| death-roll | A list of persons killed / killed in a war or other disaster | |
| muster roll | A list of names of officers and men in a military unit or ship's company | |
| rota | A roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties | |
| waiting list | A roster of those waiting to obtain something | |
| Broader | list, listing | A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) |
| Spanish | lista, nómina | |
| Meaning | A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore. | |
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| Synonyms | roller, rolling wave | |
| Broader | wave, moving ridge | One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
| Spanish | ola grande, ola larga | |
| Meaning | photographic film rolled ... / rolled up inside a container to protect it from light. | |
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| Broader | film, photographic film | photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion |
| Meaning | A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). | |
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| Synonyms | coil, whorl, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll | |
| Narrower | calyx | (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud |
| corolla | (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth | |
| verticil | A whorl of leaves growing around a stem | |
| Broader | round shape | A shape that is curved and without sharp angles |
| Spanish | forma espiral | |
| Catalan | forma espiral | |
| Verbs | roll | shape by rolling |
| roll | flatten or spread with a roller | |
| roll | occur in soft rounded shapes | |
| Meaning | A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.). | |
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| Example | "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag" | |
| Synonym | bankroll | |
| Category | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects |
| Broader | funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource | assets in the form of money |
| Spanish | fondos, fortuna | |
| Catalan | fons, fortuna | |
| Meaning | A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells). | |
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| Synonyms | peal, pealing, rolling | |
| Broader | sound | The sudden occurrence of an audible event |
| Spanish | estruendo, retumbo | |
| Catalan | esclat, repic, retrò, retrunyiment, retruny, toc | |
| Verbs | roll | emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound |
| Meaning | The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously. | |
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| Synonyms | paradiddle, drum roll | |
| Broader | sound | The sudden occurrence of an audible event |
| Verbs | roll | emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound |
| Meaning | A document that can be rolled ... / rolled up (as for storage). | |
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| Synonym | scroll | |
| Instances | Dead Sea scrolls | (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s |
| Narrower | Megillah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther |
| Torah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written | |
| Broader | manuscript, holograph | handwritten book or document |
| Spanish | rollo | |
| Catalan | rotlle | |
| Meaning | Anything rolled ... / rolled up in cylindrical form. | |
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| Narrower | bolt | A roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length |
| rouleau | A roll of coins wrapped in paper | |
| rouleau | A roll of ribbon | |
| Broader | cylinder | A solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases) |
| Spanish | rollo | |
| Meaning | The act of throwing dice. | |
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| Synonym | cast | |
| Part of | craps | A gambling game played with two dice |
| Narrower | natural | (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake |
| Broader | throw | Casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly |
| Meaning | walking with a swaying gait. | |
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| Broader | gait | A person's manner of walking |
| Spanish | bamboleo, shimmy | |
| Catalan | balanceig, balandreig | |
| Meaning | A flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude. | |
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| Narrower | barrel roll | A roll in which the plane follows a spiral course |
| snap roll | A fast roll | |
| Broader | flight maneuver, airplane maneuver | A maneuver executed by an aircraft |
| Meaning | The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling). | |
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| Synonym | bowl | |
| Part of | bowling | The playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc |
| Broader | propulsion, actuation | The act of propelling |
| Catalan | rotació | |
| Meaning | Move by turning over or rotating. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Model | These balls roll easily | |
| Example | "The child rolled down the hill" | |
| Synonym | turn over | |
| Narrower | rim | roll around the rim of |
| Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
| See also | roll down | gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow |
| roll over | make a rolling motion or turn | |
| Similar to | roll, revolve | Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis |
| Spanish | enrollar, girar, revolver, rodar, voltear | |
| Catalan | enrotllar, girar, rodar, voltar, voltejar | |
| Nouns | roll | rotary motion of an object around its own axis |
| roller | a cylinder that revolves | |
| roller | a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate) | |
| Meaning | Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | These cars won't roll | |
| Example | "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" | |
| Synonym | wheel | |
| Narrower | bowl | Roll (a ball) |
| troll | Cause to move round and round | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Spanish | dar vueltas, rodar | |
| Catalan | donar voltes, fer voltes, rodar | |
| Nouns | roll | rotary motion of an object around its own axis |
| rolling | propelling something on wheels | |
| Meaning | Occur in soft rounded shapes. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The hills rolled past" | |
| Synonym | undulate | |
| Spanish | ondear, ondular | |
| Catalan | ondejar, ondular | |
| Nouns | roll | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
| Meaning | flatten or spread with a roller. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "roll out the paper" | |
| Synonym | roll out | |
| Narrower | cog | Roll steel ingots |
| mill | roll out (metal) with a rolling machine | |
| Broader | flatten | make flat or flatter |
| Spanish | aplanar, extender | |
| Catalan | aplanar, estendre | |
| Nouns | roll | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) |
| Meaning | emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | Cars roll in the streets; The streets roll with cars | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Spanish | girar, rodar | |
| Catalan | girar | |
| Nouns | roll, rolling | a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) |
| roll | the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously | |
| Meaning | Arrange or or coil around. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They roll the wire around the stick; The wires roll around the stick | |
| Example | "roll your hair around your finger" | |
| Synonyms | wind, wrap, twine | |
| Narrower | ball | form into a ball by winding or rolling |
| clue, clew | Roll into a ball | |
| coil, loop, curl | wind around something in coils or loops | |
| reel | wind onto or off a reel | |
| spool | wind onto a spool or a reel | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| See also | roll up | form a cylinder by rolling |
| Opposite | unwind, wind off, unroll | reverse the winding or twisting of |
| Spanish | arrollar, enrollar, envolver, girar, la guita | |
| Catalan | circumdar, embolicar, encerclar, enrotllar, envoltar, girar, voltar | |
| Nouns | roll | rotary motion of an object around its own axis |
| roller | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it | |
| Meaning | Begin operating or running. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | function, work, operate, go, run | Perform as expected when applied |
| Spanish | marchar | |
| Catalan | estar en marxa, funcionar | |
| Meaning | shape by rolling. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "roll a cigarette" | |
| Broader | shape, form | Give shape or form to |
| Spanish | girar | |
| Catalan | girar | |
| Nouns | roll | rotary motion of an object around its own axis |
| roll | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | |
| Meaning | execute a roll, in tumbling. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" | |
| Broader | tumble | Do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully |
| Spanish | girar, rodar | |
| Catalan | girar | |
| Nouns | roll | rotary motion of an object around its own axis |
| Meaning | sell something to or obtain something from by energetic / energetic and especially underhanded activity. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
| Synonyms | hustle, pluck | |
| Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
| Spanish | arramblar | |
| Catalan | arrambar | |
| Meaning | Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "the waves rolled towards the beach" | |
| Synonyms | undulate, flap, wave | |
| Narrower | luff | flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | agitar, girar, ondear, ondular | |
| Catalan | agitar-se, agitar, girar, ondejar, ondular, onejar, oscil·lar, volar | |
| Nouns | roller | a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore |
| 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 | |
| Example | "They rolled from town to town" | |
| Synonyms | wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond | |
| Narrower | gallivant, gad, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure |
| maunder | wander aimlessly | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Similar to | stray, err, drift | wander from a direct course or at random |
| wander | Go via an indirect route or at no set pace | |
| Spanish | caminar, deambular, errar, girar, rondar, vagabundear, vagar | |
| Catalan | caminar, deambular, girar, rondar, vagabundejar, vagarejar, vagar | |
| Meaning | Move, rock, or sway from side / side to side / side. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The ship rolled on the heavy seas" | |
| Broader | rock, sway, shake | move back and forth or sideways |
| Meaning | Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | revolve | |
| Narrower | transit | revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Similar to | roll, turn over | Move by turning over or rotating |
| Spanish | girar, rodar, rotar | |
| Catalan | girar, rotar | |
| Nouns | roll | rotary motion of an object around its own axis |
| Meaning | pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She rolls her r's" | |
| Broader | pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
| Meaning | Boil vigorously. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The water rolls | |
| Example | "The water rolled" | |
| Synonym | seethe | |
| Broader | churn, boil, moil, roil | Be agitated |
| Spanish | borbotear, bullir, girar, hervir | |
| Catalan | bullir, girar | |
| Meaning | Take the shape of a roll or cylinder. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s Adjective | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | change shape, change form, deform | assume a different shape or form |
| Meaning | show certain properties when being rolled. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s Adjective | |
| Examples |
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| Synonym | roll up | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | roll up, wrap up | form a cylinder by rolling |
| roll up, furl | form into a cylinder by rolling | |
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