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roll
Overview of noun roll
The noun roll has 15 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (2) axial rotation, axial motion, roll -- (rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation")
2. (2) roll, roster -- (a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls")
3. (1) roller, roll, rolling wave -- (a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore)
4. (1) roll -- (photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light)
5. coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll -- (a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals))
6. bankroll, roll -- (a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.); "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag")
7. bun, roll -- (small rounded bread either plain or sweet)
8. peal, pealing, roll, rolling -- (a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells))
9. paradiddle, roll, drum roll -- (the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously)
10. scroll, roll -- (a document that can be rolled up (as for storage))
11. roll -- (anything rolled up in cylindrical form)
12. cast, roll -- (the act of throwing dice)
13. roll -- (walking with a swaying gait)
14. roll -- (a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude)
15. roll -- (the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling))
Overview of verb roll
The verb roll has 18 senses (first 9 from tagged texts)
1. (22) roll, turn over -- (move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side")
2. (10) wheel, roll -- (move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds")
3. (7) roll, undulate -- (occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past")
4. (6) roll out, roll -- (flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper")
5. (2) roll -- (emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums")
6. (2) wind, wrap, roll, twine -- (wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool")
7. (1) roll -- (begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling")
8. (1) roll -- (shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette")
9. (1) roll -- (execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped")
10. hustle, pluck, roll -- (sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity)
11. roll, undulate, flap, wave -- (move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach")
12. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond -- (move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "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")
13. roll -- (move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas")
14. roll, revolve -- (cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words")
15. roll -- (pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's")
16. seethe, roll -- (boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled")
17. roll -- (take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well")
18. roll, roll up -- (show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun roll
15 senses of roll
Sense 1
axial rotation, axial motion, roll
=> rotation, revolution, gyration
=> turning, turn
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
roll, roster
=> list, listing
=> database
=> information, info
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
roller, roll, rolling wave
=> wave, moving ridge
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
roll
=> film, photographic film
=> photographic paper, photographic material
=> photographic equipment
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 5
coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
=> round shape
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
bankroll, roll
=> funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
=> assets
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
bun, roll
=> bread, breadstuff, staff of life
=> baked goods
=> food, solid food
=> solid
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
peal, pealing, roll, rolling
=> sound
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
paradiddle, roll, drum roll
=> sound
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 10
scroll, roll
=> manuscript, holograph
=> autograph
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 11
roll
=> cylinder
=> solid
=> shape, form
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 12
cast, roll
=> throw
=> gambling, gaming, play
=> diversion, recreation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> vice
=> transgression, evildoing
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 13
roll
=> gait
=> walk, walking
=> locomotion, travel
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 14
roll
=> flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
=> maneuver, manoeuvre, evasive action
=> evasion
=> escape, flight
=> running away
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 15
roll
=> propulsion, actuation
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun roll
8 of 15 senses of roll
Sense 1
axial rotation, axial motion, roll
=> wallow
Sense 2
roll, roster
=> batting order, card, lineup
=> death-roll
=> muster roll
=> church roll
=> rota
=> waiting list
Sense 5
coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
=> corolla
=> calyx
=> verticil
Sense 7
bun, roll
=> 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
Sense 10
scroll, roll
HAS INSTANCE=> Dead Sea scrolls
=> Megillah
=> Torah
Sense 11
roll
=> bolt
=> rouleau
=> rouleau
Sense 12
cast, roll
=> natural
Sense 14
roll
=> barrel roll
=> snap roll
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun roll
15 senses of roll
Sense 1
axial rotation, axial motion, roll
=> rotation, revolution, gyration
Sense 2
roll, roster
=> list, listing
Sense 3
roller, roll, rolling wave
=> wave, moving ridge
Sense 4
roll
=> film, photographic film
Sense 5
coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
=> round shape
Sense 6
bankroll, roll
=> funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
Sense 7
bun, roll
=> bread, breadstuff, staff of life
Sense 8
peal, pealing, roll, rolling
=> sound
Sense 9
paradiddle, roll, drum roll
=> sound
Sense 10
scroll, roll
=> manuscript, holograph
Sense 11
roll
=> cylinder
Sense 12
cast, roll
=> throw
Sense 13
roll
=> gait
Sense 14
roll
=> flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
Sense 15
roll
=> propulsion, actuation
Antonyms of noun roll
Member Holonyms of noun roll
Substance Holonyms of noun roll
Part Holonyms of noun roll
2 of 15 senses of roll
Sense 12
cast, roll
PART OF: craps
Sense 15
roll
PART OF: bowling
Member Meronyms of noun roll
Substance Meronyms of noun roll
Part Meronyms of noun roll
Meronyms of noun roll
Holonyms of noun roll
2 of 15 senses of roll
Sense 12
cast, roll
PART OF: craps
Sense 15
roll
PART OF: bowling
Attributes of noun roll
Derived Forms of noun roll
4 of 15 senses of roll
Sense 1
axial rotation, axial motion, roll
RELATED TO>(verb) roll#14
=> roll, revolve
RELATED TO>(verb) roll#9
=> roll
RELATED TO>(verb) roll#8
=> roll
RELATED TO>(verb) roll#6
=> wind, wrap, roll, twine
RELATED TO>(verb) roll#2
=> wheel, roll
RELATED TO>(verb) roll#1
=> roll, turn over
Sense 5
coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
RELATED TO>(verb) roll#8
=> roll
RELATED TO>(verb) roll#4
=> roll out, roll
RELATED TO>(verb) roll#3
=> roll, undulate
Sense 8
peal, pealing, roll, rolling
RELATED TO>(verb) roll#5
=> roll
Sense 9
paradiddle, roll, drum roll
RELATED TO>(verb) roll#5
=> roll
Domain of noun roll
1 of 15 senses of roll
Sense 6
bankroll, roll
TOPIC>(noun) commercial enterprise#2, business enterprise#1, business#2
Domain Terms of noun roll
Familiarity of noun roll
roll used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =15)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun roll
15 senses of roll
Sense 1
axial rotation, axial motion, roll
> rotation, revolution, gyration
=> dextrorotation, clockwise rotation
=> levorotation, counterclockwise rotation
=> axial rotation, axial motion, roll
=> orbital rotation, orbital motion
=> spin
Sense 2
roll, roster
> list, listing
=> agenda, agendum, order of business
=> A-list
=> bibliography
=> bill
=> blacklist, black book, shitlist
=> calendar
=> calorie chart
=> canon
=> catalog, catalogue
=> character set
=> checklist
=> class list, honours list
=> codex
=> contents, table of contents
=> corrigenda
=> credits
=> criminal record, record
=> directory
=> distribution list
=> enumeration, numbering
=> FAQ
=> free list
=> grocery list, shopping list
=> hit list
=> hit parade
=> index
=> key
=> key
=> inventory, stock list
=> mailing list
=> masthead, flag
=> menu, computer menu
=> necrology
=> playlist, play list
=> portfolio
=> posting
=> price list
=> push-down list, push-down stack, stack
=> queue
=> roll, roster
=> schedule
=> shopping list
=> short list, shortlist
=> sick list
=> slate, ticket
=> standing
=> wish list
Sense 3
roller, roll, rolling wave
> wave, moving ridge
=> surf, breaker, breakers
=> wake, backwash
=> swash
=> ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet
=> swell, crestless wave
=> lift, rise
=> billow, surge
=> tidal wave
=> tidal wave
=> tsunami
=> roller, roll, rolling wave
=> whitecap, white horse
Sense 4
roll
> film, photographic film
=> footage
=> microfilm
=> motion-picture film, movie film, cine-film
=> negative
=> orthochromatic film
=> panchromatic film
=> positive
=> reel
=> roll
=> roll film
=> sequence, episode
=> X-ray film
=> film clip
Sense 5
coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
> round shape
=> cone, conoid, cone shape
=> disk, disc, saucer
=> coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
=> whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution
=> spheroid, ellipsoid of revolution
=> sphere
=> sphere
=> cylinder
=> torus, toroid
=> rim
Sense 6
bankroll, roll
> funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
=> bank
=> bankroll, roll
=> pocket
=> Medicaid funds
=> treasury, exchequer
=> money supply
=> escrow funds
=> matching funds
Sense 7
bun, roll
> bread, breadstuff, staff of life
=> anadama bread
=> bap
=> barmbrack
=> breadstick, bread-stick
=> brown bread, Boston brown bread
=> bun, roll
=> caraway seed bread
=> challah, hallah
=> cinnamon bread
=> cracked-wheat bread
=> cracker
=> crouton
=> dark bread, whole wheat bread, whole meal bread, brown bread
=> English muffin, crumpet
=> flatbread
=> garlic bread
=> gluten bread
=> Host
=> loaf of bread, loaf
=> matzo, matzoh, matzah, unleavened bread
=> nan
=> onion bread
=> raisin bread
=> quick bread
=> rye bread
=> salt-rising bread
=> simnel
=> sour bread, sourdough bread
=> toast
=> wafer
=> white bread, light bread
Sense 8
peal, pealing, roll, rolling
> sound
=> bong
=> beat
=> beep, bleep
=> bell, toll
=> buzz, bombilation, bombination
=> chink, click, clink
=> chirp
=> chirrup, twitter
=> chorus
=> click-clack
=> clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping
=> cry
=> ding
=> drip, dripping
=> drum
=> footfall, footstep, step
=> gargle
=> gurgle
=> jingle, jangle
=> knock, knocking
=> mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation
=> noise
=> paradiddle, roll, drum roll
=> pat, rap, tap
=> patter
=> peal, pealing, roll, rolling
=> ping
=> plunk
=> pop, popping
=> purr
=> quack
=> quaver
=> ring, ringing, tintinnabulation
=> rub-a-dub, rataplan, drumbeat
=> sigh
=> skirl
=> song
=> strum
=> susurration, susurrus
=> swish
=> tapping
=> throbbing
=> thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud
=> thrum
=> thunk
=> tick, ticking
=> ting, tinkle
=> toot
=> tootle
=> trample, trampling
=> twang
=> vibrato
=> voice
=> vroom
=> whack
=> whir, whirr, whirring, birr
=> whistle, whistling
=> whiz
=> zing
=> zizz
Sense 9
paradiddle, roll, drum roll
> sound
=> bong
=> beat
=> beep, bleep
=> bell, toll
=> buzz, bombilation, bombination
=> chink, click, clink
=> chirp
=> chirrup, twitter
=> chorus
=> click-clack
=> clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping
=> cry
=> ding
=> drip, dripping
=> drum
=> footfall, footstep, step
=> gargle
=> gurgle
=> jingle, jangle
=> knock, knocking
=> mutter, muttering, murmur, murmuring, murmuration, mussitation
=> noise
=> paradiddle, roll, drum roll
=> pat, rap, tap
=> patter
=> peal, pealing, roll, rolling
=> ping
=> plunk
=> pop, popping
=> purr
=> quack
=> quaver
=> ring, ringing, tintinnabulation
=> rub-a-dub, rataplan, drumbeat
=> sigh
=> skirl
=> song
=> strum
=> susurration, susurrus
=> swish
=> tapping
=> throbbing
=> thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud
=> thrum
=> thunk
=> tick, ticking
=> ting, tinkle
=> toot
=> tootle
=> trample, trampling
=> twang
=> vibrato
=> voice
=> vroom
=> whack
=> whir, whirr, whirring, birr
=> whistle, whistling
=> whiz
=> zing
=> zizz
Sense 10
scroll, roll
> manuscript, holograph
=> codex, leaf-book
=> palimpsest
=> scroll, roll
Sense 11
roll
> cylinder
=> roll
=> roller
Sense 12
cast, roll
> throw
=> cast, roll
=> flip, toss
Sense 13
roll
> gait
=> hitch, hobble, limp
=> flounce
=> lurch, stumble, stagger
=> pacing
=> roll
=> saunter
=> skip
=> stalk, angry walk
=> strut, prance, swagger
=> waddle
Sense 14
roll
> flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
=> bank
=> chandelle
=> loop, loop-the-loop
=> roll
=> slip, sideslip
Sense 15
roll
> propulsion, actuation
=> launching, launch
=> launching
=> drive, thrust, driving force
=> roll
=> throw
=> push, pushing
=> pull, pulling
=> lift, raise, heave
=> expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out
=> jump, jumping
=> lob
=> wheeling, rolling
=> shooting, shot
=> dribble, dribbling
Meronyms of noun roll
15 senses of roll
Sense 2
roll, roster
=> list, listing
HAS PART: item, point
Sense 4
roll
=> film, photographic film
=> photographic paper, photographic material
=> photographic equipment
HAS PART: flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 7
bun, roll
=> bread, breadstuff, staff of life
HAS SUBSTANCE: flour
=> baked goods
HAS PART: crumb
Sense 10
scroll, roll
=> manuscript, holograph
=> autograph
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
HAS PART: epilogue, epilog
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Sense 13
roll
=> gait
=> walk, walking
HAS PART: pace, stride, tread
Holonyms of noun roll
2 of 15 senses of roll
Sense 12
cast, roll
PART OF: craps
Sense 15
roll
PART OF: bowling
Grep of noun roll
bankroll
barrel roll
bedroll
carroll
church roll
cinnamon roll
clover-leaf roll
coffee roll
crescent roll
death-roll
drum roll
egg roll
finger-roll
hamburger roll
hard roll
jelly roll morton
jellyroll
kaiser roll
lewis carroll
muster roll
onion roll
parker house roll
payroll
pinwheel roll
rent-roll
rock'n'roll
rock-and-roll
rock 'n' roll
rock 'n' roll musician
rock and roll
roll
roll-on
roll-on roll-off
roll call
roll film
roll in the hay
roll of tobacco
rollback
rolled biscuit
rolled oats
roller
roller-skater
roller bandage
roller bearing
roller bit
roller blind
roller coaster
roller skate
roller skating
roller towel
rollerblade
rollerblader
rollerblading
rolling
rolling hitch
rolling mill
rolling paper
rolling pin
rolling stock
rolling wave
rollmops
rollo
rollover
sausage roll
scroll
snap roll
soft roll
spring roll
stroll
sweet roll
swiss roll
toilet roll
troll
vienna roll
Antonyms of verb roll
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb roll
18 senses of roll
Sense 1
roll, turn over
=> turn
=> move
Also See> roll down#1; roll over#1
Sense 2
wheel, roll
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 3
roll, undulate
Sense 4
roll out, roll
=> flatten
=> shape, form
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 5
roll
=> sound, go
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 6
wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> move, displace
Also See> roll up#5
Sense 7
roll
=> function, work, operate, go, run
Sense 8
roll
=> shape, form
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 9
roll
=> tumble
=> exercise, work out
Sense 10
hustle, pluck, roll
=> steal
=> take
Sense 11
roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> move
Sense 12
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 13
roll
=> rock, sway, shake
=> move back and forth
=> move
Sense 14
roll, revolve
=> move, displace
Sense 15
roll
=> pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
Sense 16
seethe, roll
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> move
Sense 17
roll
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> change
Sense 18
roll, roll up
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb roll
7 of 18 senses of roll
Sense 1
roll, turn over
=> rim
Sense 2
wheel, roll
=> bowl
=> troll
Sense 4
roll out, roll
=> cog
=> mill
Sense 6
wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> spool
=> reel
=> ball
=> clue, clew
=> coil, loop, curl
Sense 11
roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> luff
Sense 12
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> maunder
=> gallivant, gad, jazz around
Sense 14
roll, revolve
=> transit
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb roll
18 senses of roll
Sense 1
roll, turn over
=> turn
Also See> roll down#1; roll over#1
Sense 2
wheel, roll
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 3
roll, undulate
Sense 4
roll out, roll
=> flatten
Sense 5
roll
=> sound, go
Sense 6
wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> move, displace
Also See> roll up#5
Sense 7
roll
=> function, work, operate, go, run
Sense 8
roll
=> shape, form
Sense 9
roll
=> tumble
Sense 10
hustle, pluck, roll
=> steal
Sense 11
roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> move
Sense 12
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 13
roll
=> rock, sway, shake
Sense 14
roll, revolve
=> move, displace
Sense 15
roll
=> pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
Sense 16
seethe, roll
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
Sense 17
roll
=> change shape, change form, deform
Sense 18
roll, roll up
=> change
'Cause To' of verb roll
Derived Forms of verb roll
10 of 18 senses of roll
Sense 1
roll, turn over
RELATED TO>(noun) roll#1
=> axial rotation, axial motion, roll
RELATED TO>(noun) roller#3
=> roller
RELATED TO>(noun) roller#4
=> roller
Sense 2
wheel, roll
RELATED TO>(noun) roll#1
=> axial rotation, axial motion, roll
RELATED TO>(noun) rolling#3
=> wheeling, rolling
Sense 3
roll, undulate
RELATED TO>(noun) roll#5
=> coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
Sense 4
roll out, roll
RELATED TO>(noun) roll#5
=> coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
Sense 5
roll
RELATED TO>(noun) roll#9
=> paradiddle, roll, drum roll
RELATED TO>(noun) roll#8
=> peal, pealing, roll, rolling
RELATED TO>(noun) rolling#1
=> peal, pealing, roll, rolling
Sense 6
wind, wrap, roll, twine
RELATED TO>(noun) roller#5
=> curler, hair curler, roller, crimper
RELATED TO>(noun) roll#1
=> axial rotation, axial motion, roll
Sense 8
roll
RELATED TO>(noun) roll#5
=> coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
RELATED TO>(noun) roll#1
=> axial rotation, axial motion, roll
Sense 9
roll
RELATED TO>(noun) roll#1
=> axial rotation, axial motion, roll
Sense 11
roll, undulate, flap, wave
RELATED TO>(noun) roller#2
=> roller, roll, rolling wave
Sense 14
roll, revolve
RELATED TO>(noun) roll#1
=> axial rotation, axial motion, roll
Domain of verb roll
Domain Terms of verb roll
Familiarity of verb roll
roll used as a verb is very familiar (polysemy count =18)
Sample Sentences of verb roll
18 senses of roll
Sense 1
roll, turn over
EX: These balls roll easily
Sense 2
wheel, roll
EX: These cars won't roll
Sense 3
roll, undulate
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 4
roll out, roll
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
roll
EX: Cars roll in the streets
EX: The streets roll with cars
Sense 6
wind, wrap, roll, twine
EX: They roll the wire around the stick
EX: The wires roll around the stick
Sense 7
roll
*> Something ----s
Sense 8
roll
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 9
roll
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 10
hustle, pluck, roll
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 11
roll, undulate, flap, wave
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 12
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
*> Somebody ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 13
roll
*> Something ----s
Sense 14
roll, revolve
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 15
roll
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 16
seethe, roll
EX: The water rolls
Sense 17
roll
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s Adjective
Sense 18
roll, roll up
*> Somebody ----s Adjective
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb roll
17 of 18 senses of roll
Sense 1
roll, turn over
> turn
=> twist
=> flip, flip over, turn over
=> turn on a dime
=> roll, turn over
=> roll over
=> swing around, swing about, turn around
=> flip, toss
=> port
=> face
=> turn off
=> turn away
=> gee
=> about-face
=> caracole
=> corner
=> overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over
=> bend
=> swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
=> deflect
=> deflect, bend, turn away
=> avert, turn away
=> turn out, splay, spread out, rotate
=> rotate, circumvolve
=> pivot, swivel
=> gyrate, spiral, coil
=> corkscrew, spiral
=> deviate, divert
=> pronate
Sense 2
wheel, roll
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 4
roll out, roll
> flatten
=> steamroll, steamroller
=> splat
=> roll out, roll
=> laminate
Sense 5
roll
> sound, go
=> snarl
=> whistle, sing
=> blow
=> ting
=> make noise, resound, noise
=> splat
=> twang
=> clang, clangor
=> clank
=> clangor, clangour
=> boom, boom out
=> drum, beat, thrum
=> rattle
=> tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat
=> resonate, vibrate
=> tweet, twirp
=> skirl
=> gurgle
=> glug
=> blow
=> whish
=> guggle
=> ping
=> pink, ping, knock
=> trump
=> squelch
=> chug
=> ring, peal
=> buzz, bombinate, bombilate
=> chime
=> rustle
=> snap, crack
=> crack
=> honk, blare, beep, claxon, toot
=> whistle
=> resound, echo, ring, reverberate
=> thud, thump
=> clop, clump, clunk, plunk
=> patter, pitter-patter
=> tap, rap, knock, pink
=> click, tick
=> chatter, click
=> pop
=> tinkle, tink, clink, chink
=> splash, splosh, slosh, slush
=> hum, thrum
=> bleep
=> rumble, grumble
=> boom, din
=> bang
=> ripple, babble, guggle, burble, bubble, gurgle
=> lap, swish, swosh, swoosh
=> drone
=> whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr
=> roll
Sense 6
wind, wrap, roll, twine
> move, displace
=> mobilize, mobilise, circulate
=> relocate
=> dislocate, luxate, splay, slip
=> translate
=> station, post, base, send, place
=> agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
=> transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
=> funnel
=> brandish, flourish, wave
=> pull, draw, force
=> transport, carry
=> tug
=> disarrange
=> expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> engage, mesh, lock, operate
=> propel, impel
=> launch, set in motion
=> wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> unwind, wind off, unroll
=> wedge, squeeze, force
=> work
=> spill, shed, disgorge
=> spill, slop, splatter
=> unseat
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
=> press down, depress
=> lift
=> flick, ruffle, riffle
=> work
=> take back
=> center, centre
=> pump
=> scan
=> jar, shake up, bump around
=> dandle
=> roll, revolve
=> push, force
=> rock, sway
=> fluctuate
=> pulse
=> shift, dislodge, reposition
=> glide
=> stir
=> play
=> overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
=> transport, send, ship
=> send, direct
=> transport
=> saltate
=> lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
=> lift, raise
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
=> drop
=> sink
=> advance, bring forward
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
=> transfer, shift
=> displace, force out
=> herd, crowd
=> circulate
=> circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
=> rout out, drive out, force out, rouse
=> drive
=> race, rush
=> woosh, whoosh
=> pour
=> exteriorize, bring outside
=> upstage
=> swing
=> turn, turn over
=> turn
=> turn
=> slide
=> run
=> whistle
=> beat, flap
=> singsong
=> hustle
=> wash
=> rake
=> blow
=> drag
=> pull, draw
=> lateralize
=> translate
=> hit, strike
=> change hands, change owners
=> transfer
=> expel, throw out, kick out
Sense 7
roll
> function, work, operate, go, run
=> double
=> roll
=> run
=> cut
=> service, serve
Sense 8
roll
> shape, form
=> individuate
=> tie
=> terrace
=> fork
=> tabulate
=> dimension
=> roll
=> draw
=> strike
=> crystallize, crystallise, crystalise, crystalize
=> twist
=> sliver
=> ridge
=> plume
=> round, round out, round off
=> scallop, scollop
=> square, square up
=> dish
=> fit
=> flatten
=> deform, distort, strain
=> blow
=> block
=> block
=> cup
=> encircle, circle
=> turn
Sense 9
roll
> tumble
=> roll
Sense 10
hustle, pluck, roll
> steal
=> pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> rustle, lift
=> shoplift
=> pirate
=> plagiarize, plagiarise, lift
=> pocket, bag
=> embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
=> rob
=> hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
=> walk off
=> hustle, pluck, roll
=> loot, plunder
=> burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist
Sense 11
roll, undulate, flap, wave
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 12
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 13
roll
> rock, sway, shake
=> roll
=> nutate
=> swag
=> totter
Sense 14
roll, revolve
> move, displace
=> mobilize, mobilise, circulate
=> relocate
=> dislocate, luxate, splay, slip
=> translate
=> station, post, base, send, place
=> agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
=> transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
=> funnel
=> brandish, flourish, wave
=> pull, draw, force
=> transport, carry
=> tug
=> disarrange
=> expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> engage, mesh, lock, operate
=> propel, impel
=> launch, set in motion
=> wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> unwind, wind off, unroll
=> wedge, squeeze, force
=> work
=> spill, shed, disgorge
=> spill, slop, splatter
=> unseat
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out
=> press down, depress
=> lift
=> flick, ruffle, riffle
=> work
=> take back
=> center, centre
=> pump
=> scan
=> jar, shake up, bump around
=> dandle
=> roll, revolve
=> push, force
=> rock, sway
=> fluctuate
=> pulse
=> shift, dislodge, reposition
=> glide
=> stir
=> play
=> overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over
=> transport, send, ship
=> send, direct
=> transport
=> saltate
=> lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down
=> lift, raise
=> raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
=> drop
=> sink
=> advance, bring forward
=> chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
=> transfer, shift
=> displace, force out
=> herd, crowd
=> circulate
=> circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
=> rout out, drive out, force out, rouse
=> drive
=> race, rush
=> woosh, whoosh
=> pour
=> exteriorize, bring outside
=> upstage
=> swing
=> turn, turn over
=> turn
=> turn
=> slide
=> run
=> whistle
=> beat, flap
=> singsong
=> hustle
=> wash
=> rake
=> blow
=> drag
=> pull, draw
=> lateralize
=> translate
=> hit, strike
=> change hands, change owners
=> transfer
=> expel, throw out, kick out
Sense 15
roll
> pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
=> twang
=> devoice
=> raise
=> lilt
=> palatalize, palatalise
=> nasalize, nasalise
=> mispronounce, misspeka
=> aspirate
=> voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise
=> retroflex
=> subvocalize, subvocalise
=> syllabize, syllabise
=> drawl
=> round, labialize, labialise
=> lisp
=> stress, accent, accentuate
=> vocalize, vocalise, vowelize, vowelise
=> click
=> trill
=> sibilate
=> flap
=> explode
=> roll
Sense 16
seethe, roll
> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> seethe, roll
Sense 17
roll
> change shape, change form, deform
=> roll
=> granulate, grain
=> bulge, pouch, protrude
=> sharpen, taper, point
=> roll up, furl
=> flatten, flatten out
=> draw
=> deform
=> dinge, batter
=> twist, twine, distort
=> flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
=> bend, flex
=> unfold, stretch, stretch out, extend
=> start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out
Sense 18
roll, roll up
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb roll
Sense 1
roll, turn over
=> turn
Sense 14
roll, revolve
=> move, displace
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Sense 2
wheel, roll
=> travel, go, move, locomote
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Sense 3
roll, undulate
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Sense 4
roll out, roll
=> flatten
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Sense 5
roll
=> sound, go
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Sense 6
wind, wrap, roll, twine
=> move, displace
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Sense 7
roll
=> function, work, operate, go, run
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Sense 8
roll
=> shape, form
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Sense 9
roll
=> tumble
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Sense 10
hustle, pluck, roll
=> steal
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Sense 11
roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> move
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Sense 12
roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> travel, go, move, locomote
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Sense 13
roll
=> rock, sway, shake
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Sense 15
roll
=> pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
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Sense 16
seethe, roll
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
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Sense 17
roll
=> change shape, change form, deform
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Sense 18
roll, roll up
=> change
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Grep of verb roll
bankroll
enroll
logroll
roll
roll around
roll down
roll in
roll in the hay
roll off
roll out
roll over
roll up
roller skate
rollerblade
rollick
scroll
steamroll
stroll
troll
unroll
Grep of adj roll
droll
rolled
rolled into one
rollicking
rolling
Grep of adv roll
rollickingly
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