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Sounds | row'l |
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Rhymes | amphibole, bankroll, bole / Bole, and 69 more rhymes in owl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Rotary motion of an object around its own axis. |
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Synonyms | axial rotation, axial motion |
Narrower | wallow |
Broader | rotation, revolution, gyration |
Verbs | roll; roll; roll; roll; roll; roll |
Meaning | A list of names. |
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Examples | "his name was struck off the rolls" |
Synonyms | roster |
Narrower | batting order, card, lineup; death-roll; muster roll; church roll; rota; waiting list |
Broader | list, listing |
Meaning | A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore. |
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Synonyms | roller, rolling wave |
Broader | wave, moving ridge |
Meaning | Photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light. |
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Broader | film, photographic film |
Meaning | A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles. |
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Synonyms | coil, whorl, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll |
Narrower | corolla; calyx; verticil |
Broader | round shape |
Verbs | roll; roll; roll |
Meaning | A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.). |
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Examples | "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag" |
Synonyms | bankroll |
Category | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business |
Broader | funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource |
Meaning | Small rounded bread either plain or sweet. |
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Synonyms | bun |
Narrower | tea bread; frankfurter bun, hotdog bun; hamburger bun, hamburger roll; brioche; crescent roll, croissant; hard roll, Vienna roll; soft roll; kaiser roll; Parker House roll; clover-leaf roll; onion roll; sweet roll, coffee roll; bagel, beigel |
Broader | bread, breadstuff, staff of life |
Meaning | A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells). |
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Synonyms | peal, pealing, rolling |
Broader | sound |
Verbs | roll |
Meaning | The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously. |
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Synonyms | paradiddle, drum roll |
Broader | sound |
Verbs | roll |
Meaning | A document that can be rolled up (as for storage). |
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Synonyms | scroll |
Narrower | Dead Sea scrolls; Megillah; Torah |
Broader | manuscript, holograph |
Meaning | Anything rolled up in cylindrical form. |
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Narrower | bolt; rouleau; rouleau |
Broader | cylinder |
Meaning | The act of throwing dice. |
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Synonyms | cast |
Part of | craps, crap shooting, crapshoot, crap game |
Narrower | natural |
Broader | throw |
Meaning | Walking with a rolling gait. |
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Broader | gait |
Meaning | A flight maneuver. Aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude. |
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Narrower | barrel roll; snap roll |
Broader | flight maneuver, airplane maneuver |
Meaning | The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling). |
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Part of | bowling |
Broader | propulsion, actuation |
Meaning | Move by turning over or rotating. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Model | These balls roll easily |
Examples | "The child rolled down the hill" |
Synonyms | turn over |
Narrower | rim |
Broader | turn |
Similar to | roll, revolve |
See also | roll over; roll down |
Nouns | roller; roll; roller |
Meaning | Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Model | These cars won't roll |
Examples | "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" |
Synonyms | wheel |
Narrower | bowl; troll |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Nouns | roll; rolling |
Meaning | Occur in soft rounded shapes. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "The hills rolled past" |
Synonyms | undulate |
Nouns | roll |
Meaning | Flatten or spread with a roller. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "roll out the paper" |
Synonyms | roll out |
Narrower | cog; mill |
Broader | flatten |
Nouns | roll |
Meaning | Emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Model | Cars roll in the streets; The streets roll with cars |
Examples | "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums" |
Broader | sound, go |
Nouns | roll; roll, rolling |
Meaning | Wrap or coil around. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Model | They roll the wire around the stick; The wires roll around the stick |
Examples | "roll your hair around your finger" |
Synonyms | wind, wrap, twine |
Narrower | spool; reel; ball; clue, clew; coil, loop, curl |
Broader | move, displace |
Contrary | unwind, wind off, unroll |
See also | roll up |
Nouns | roll; roller |
Meaning | Begin operating or running. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling" |
Broader | function, work, operate, go, run |
Meaning | Shape by rolling. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "roll a cigarette" |
Broader | shape, form |
Nouns | roll; roll |
Meaning | Execute a roll, in tumbling. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" |
Broader | tumble |
Nouns | roll |
Meaning | Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody |
Synonyms | hustle, pluck |
Broader | steal |
Meaning | Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "the waves rolled towards the beach" |
Synonyms | undulate, flap, wave |
Narrower | luff |
Broader | move |
Nouns | roller |
Meaning | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "They rolled from town to town" |
Synonyms | wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond |
Narrower | maunder; gallivant, gad, jazz around |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Similar to | stray, err, drift; wander |
Meaning | Move, rock, or sway from side to side. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "The ship rolled on the heavy seas" |
Broader | rock, sway, shake |
Meaning | Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words" |
Synonyms | revolve |
Narrower | transit |
Broader | move, displace |
Similar to | roll, turn over |
Nouns | roll |
Meaning | Pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/. "She rolls her r's". |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say |
Meaning | Boil vigorously. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Model | The water rolls |
Examples | "The water rolled" |
Synonyms | seethe |
Broader | churn, boil, moil, roil |
Meaning | Take the shape of a roll or cylinder. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s Adjective |
Examples | "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well" |
Broader | change shape, change form, deform |
Meaning | Show certain properties when being rolled. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s Adjective |
Examples | "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" |
Synonyms | roll up |
Broader | change |
Similar to | roll up, wrap up; roll up, furl |