roll
Forms
- present (v1)
- roll
- past (v2)
- rolled
- past participle (v3)
- rolled
- present participle
- rolling
- 3rd person singular
- rolls
- Plural
- rolls
Definitions
1.To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
- The child will roll on the floor.
- To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
- And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls.
2.To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
- To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
3.To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
- To roll up the vase in bubble wrap.
4.To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion.
- This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
1.The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
- Look at the roll of the waves.
2.Something formed into a compact shape by being rolled up.
3.A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
4.Something which rolls.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1343
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English rollen, partly from Old French roller, roler, röeler, röoler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre (“to roll; to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”); partly from Anglo-Latin rollāre, from the same ultimate source.