roll

intransitive verb

1. 1. to move by turning on an axis or over and over
   2. to rotate about its axis lengthwise, as a spacecraft in flight
2. 1. to move or be moved on wheels
   2. to travel in a wheeled vehicle
3. to travel about; wander
4. to pass; elapse the years rolled by
5. 1. to flow, as water, in a full swelling or sweeping motion the waves rolling against the boat
   2. to be carried in a flow
6. to extend in gentle swells or undulations
7. to make a loud, continuous rising and falling sound thunder rolls
8. to rise and fall in a full, mellow cadence: said of sound, speech, etc.
9. to trill or warble
10. to form a ball or cylinder when turned over and over on itself: said as of cloth or yarn
11. to turn in a circular motion or move back and forth with eyes rolling
12. to rock from side to side the ship pitched and rolled
13. to walk by swaying
14. to become flattened or spread under a roller
15. to make progress; advance start rolling
16. to start operating the presses rolled
17. to take part in a bowling game
18. Informal to have plenty; abound (in) rolling in wealth
19. ☆ Football to move laterally: said of the passer

Etymology: ME rollen < OFr roller < VL *rotulare < L rotula: see rollthe

transitive verb

1. to move by turning on an axis or over and over to roll a hoop
2. to move or send on wheels or rollers
3. to cause to start operating
4. to move or send in a full, sweeping motion
5. to beat (a drum) with blows in rapid, light succession
6. to utter with full, flowing sound to roll one's words
7. to pronounce or say with a trill to roll one's r's
8. to give a swaying motion to waves rolling the ship along
9. to move gently around and around or from side to side to roll one's eyes
10. to make into a ball or cylinder by winding over and over itself or something else to roll a cigarette
11. to wrap or enfold, as in a covering to roll a child in a blanket
12. to make flat, smooth, or spread out by using a roller, rolling pin, etc.
13. ☆
    1. to throw (the dice) as in the game of craps
    2. to make (a specified cast) with dice she rolled a four
14. ☆ Slang to rob (a drunken or sleeping person)
15. Bowling
    1. to throw (a ball)
    2. to make (a certain play or score) to roll a strike
    3. to take part in (a game or games) to roll three games
16. Printing to spread ink on (type, a form, etc.) with a roller

noun

1. the act or an instance of rolling
2. 1. a paper, parchment, etc. that is rolled up; scroll
   2. something that is, or looks as if, rolled up
3. a register; catalog
4. a list of names for checking attendance; muster roll
5. a measure of something rolled into a cylinder a roll of wallpaper
6. a cylindrical mass of something a sausage roll
7. any of various foods that are rolled during preparation, as
   1. any small portion of bread, variously shaped
   2. thin cake covered with fruit, nuts, etc. and rolled a jelly roll
   3. beef, veal, etc. rolled and cooked
8. a roller (in various senses)
9. a swaying or rolling motion
10. a rapid succession of light blows on a drum
11. a loud, reverberating sound; peal, as of thunder
12. a full, cadenced flow of words
13. a trill or warble
14. a slight swell or rise on the surface of something, as land
15. ☆ Slang money; esp., a wad of paper money
16. Aeron. a maneuver in which an airplane in flight performs one complete rotation around its longitudinal axis
17. Bookbinding a revolving tool used in making an impression or pattern

Etymology: ME rolle < OFr < L rotula, rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel < IE *roto-, var. of base *ret(h)-, to run, roll > OIr rethim, (I) run, OHG rad, wheel