Greek Meaning of roll

κύλισμα

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Definitions and Meaning of roll in English

Wordnet

roll (n)

rotary motion of an object around its own axis

a list of names

a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)

small rounded bread either plain or sweet

a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

anything rolled up in cylindrical form

the act of throwing dice

walking with a swaying gait

a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude

the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)

Wordnet

roll (v)

move by turning over or rotating

move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle

occur in soft rounded shapes

flatten or spread with a roller

emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound

arrange or or coil around

begin operating or running

shape by rolling

execute a roll, in tumbling

sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

move, rock, or sway from side to side

cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis

pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/

boil vigorously

take the shape of a roll or cylinder

show certain properties when being rolled

Webster

roll (n.)

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; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.

To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.

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

To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.

To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.

To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.

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

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

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 suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.

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

Webster

roll (v. i.)

To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane.

To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street.

To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.

To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice.

To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.

To turn; to move circularly.

To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.

To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about.

To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.

To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.

To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.

To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.

Webster

roll (v.)

The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.

That which rolls; a roller.

A heavy cylinder used to break clods.

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.

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

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

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

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

A cylindrical twist of tobacco.

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

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.

A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder.

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

Part; office; duty; role.

FAQs About the word roll

κύλισμα

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