roll

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To move by turning over and over, or to make something move this way.

   The ball rolled down the hill and stopped at the fence.

2. 2
   verb

   To move along smoothly on wheels.

   The car rolled slowly past the crowd.

3. 3
   verb

   To rock or sway from side to side.

   The ship rolled on the heavy seas.

4. 4
   noun

   Something wrapped or curled into a tube shape.

   She put the map into a roll and tied it with string.

5. 5
   noun

   An official list of names.

   The teacher called the roll at the start of class.

Common collocations

• sausage roll Noun + noun
• roll around Verb + adverb
• roll off Verb + adverb
• roll over Verb + adverb

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. Displaced native English welt and partially displaced English wallow.

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