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- English Word Roll Definition To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.
- English Word Roll Definition To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.
- English Word Roll Definition To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.
- English Word Roll Definition To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
- English Word Roll Definition To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- English Word Roll Definition To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
- English Word Roll Definition To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
- English Word Roll Definition To move, as a curved object may, along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as, a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane.
- English Word Roll Definition To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street.
- English Word Roll Definition To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
- English Word Roll Definition To fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice.
- English Word Roll Definition To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.
- English Word Roll Definition To turn; to move circularly.
- English Word Roll Definition To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
- English Word Roll Definition To incline first to one side, then to the other; to rock; as, there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse, to be tossed about.
- English Word Roll Definition To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.
- English Word Roll Definition To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.
- English Word Roll Definition To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
- English Word Roll Definition To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.
- English Word Roll Definition The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.