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Open English Wordnet Nouns (n) roll , roster a list of names “his name was struck off the rolls”
(n) roll photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
(n) 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”
(n) bun , roll small rounded bread either plain or sweet
(n) scroll , roll a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
(n) roll anything rolled up in cylindrical form
(n) roll walking with a swaying gait
(n) roll a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
(n) roll , bowl the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
Verbs (v) roll , turn over move by turning over or rotating “The child rolled down the hill” ,
“turn over on your left side”
(v) wheel , roll move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle “The President's convoy rolled past the crowds”
(v) roll , undulate occur in soft rounded shapes “The hills rolled past”
(v) roll out , roll flatten or spread with a roller “roll out the paper”
(v) roll emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound “The thunder rolled” ,
“rolling drums”
(v) wind 1 , wrap , roll , twine arrange or coil around “roll your hair around your finger” ,
“Twine the thread around the spool” ,
“She wrapped her arms around the child”
(v) roll begin operating or running “The cameras were rolling” ,
“The presses are already rolling”
(v) roll shape by rolling “roll a cigarette”
(v) roll execute a roll, in tumbling “The gymnasts rolled and jumped”
(v) hustle , pluck , roll sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
(v) 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”
(v) 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”
(v) roll move, rock, or sway from side to side “The ship rolled on the heavy seas”
(v) 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”
(v) roll pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/ “She rolls her r's”
(v) seethe , roll boil vigorously “The liquid was seething” ,
“The water rolled”
(v) roll take the shape of a roll or cylinder “the carpet rolled out” ,
“Yarn rolls well”
(v) roll , roll up show certain properties when being rolled “The carpet rolls unevenly” ,
“dried-out tobacco rolls badly”