What is the meaning of roll?

noun

• Rotary motion of an object around its own axis.
  • usage: "wheels in axial rotation"
  • synonyms: axial rotation, axial motion
• A list of names.
  • usage: "his name was struck off the rolls"
  • synonyms: roster
• A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore.
  • synonyms: roller, rolling wave
• Photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light.
• A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals.
  • synonyms: coil, whorl, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
• A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.. )
  • usage: "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag"
  • synonyms: bankroll
• Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.
  • synonyms: bun
• A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells.
  • synonyms: peal, pealing, rolling
• The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously.
  • synonyms: paradiddle, drum roll
• A document that can be rolled up (as for storage.
  • synonyms: scroll
• Anything rolled up in cylindrical form.
• The act of throwing dice.
  • synonyms: cast
• Walking with a swaying gait.
• A flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude.
• The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling.
  • synonyms: bowl

verb

• Move by turning over or rotating.
  • usage: "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
  • synonyms: turn over
• Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle.
  • usage: "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
  • synonyms: wheel
• Occur in soft rounded shapes.
  • usage: "The hills rolled past"
  • synonyms: undulate
• Flatten or spread with a roller.
  • usage: "roll out the paper"
  • synonyms: roll out
• Emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound.
  • usage: "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
• Arrange or or coil around.
  • usage: "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
  • synonyms: wind, wrap, twine
• Begin operating or running.
  • usage: "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"
• Shape by rolling.
  • usage: "roll a cigarette"
• Execute a roll, in tumbling.
  • usage: "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
• Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity.
  • synonyms: hustle, pluck
• Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion.
  • usage: "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
  • synonyms: undulate, flap, wave
• Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
• Move, rock, or sway from side to side.
  • usage: "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
• Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis.
  • usage: "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"
  • synonyms: revolve
• Pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/.
  • usage: "She rolls her r's"
• Boil vigorously.
  • usage: "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"
  • synonyms: seethe
• Take the shape of a roll or cylinder.
  • usage: "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"
• Show certain properties when being rolled.
  • usage: "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
  • synonyms: roll up