Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)roll, rostera list of names“his name was struck off the rolls” (n)rollphotographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light (n)bankroll, rolla roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)“he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag” (n)bun, rollsmall rounded bread either plain or sweet (n)scroll, rolla document that can be rolled up (as for storage) (n)rollanything rolled up in cylindrical form (n)rollwalking with a swaying gait (n)rolla flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude (n)roll, bowlthe act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) Verbs
(v)roll, turn overmove by turning over or rotating“The child rolled down the hill”,
“turn over on your left side” (v)wheel, rollmove along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle“The President's convoy rolled past the crowds” (v)roll, undulateoccur in soft rounded shapes“The hills rolled past” (v)roll out, rollflatten or spread with a roller“roll out the paper” (v)rollemit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound“The thunder rolled”,
“rolling drums” (v)wind1, wrap, roll, twinearrange or coil around“roll your hair around your finger”,
“Twine the thread around the spool”,
“She wrapped her arms around the child” (v)rollbegin operating or running“The cameras were rolling”,
“The presses are already rolling” (v)rollshape by rolling“roll a cigarette” (v)rollexecute a roll, in tumbling“The gymnasts rolled and jumped” (v)hustle, pluck, rollsell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity (v)roll, undulate, flap, wavemove in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion“The curtains undulated”,
“the waves rolled towards the beach” (v)roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabondmove 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” (v)rollmove, rock, or sway from side to side“The ship rolled on the heavy seas” (v)roll, revolvecause 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” (v)rollpronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/“She rolls her r's” (v)seethe, rollboil vigorously“The liquid was seething”,
“The water rolled” (v)rolltake the shape of a roll or cylinder“the carpet rolled out”,
“Yarn rolls well” (v)roll, roll upshow certain properties when being rolled“The carpet rolls unevenly”,
“dried-out tobacco rolls badly”