verb
To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
The child will roll on the floor.
To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
To bind or involve by winding, as with a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
To roll up the vase in bubble wrap.
To drive, impel, or flow onward with a steady, wave-like motion.
This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
The years roll on.
To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences.
noun
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
the roll of a ball
Look at the roll of the waves.
A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
Something which rolls.
Something which rolls.
to pass rails through the rolls
A swagger or rolling gait.
noun
That which is rolled up.
a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
Busy angels spread / The lasting roll, recording what we say.
An official or public document; a register; a record.
As to the rolls of parliament, viz. the entry of the several petitions, answers and transactions in parliament. Those are generally and successively extant of record in the Tower
A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
The roll of solicitors contains the names of all admitted solicitors of a jurisdiction.
Several people sued the state after finding out that they'd been removed from the voter rolls for having died, despite their not actually being dead.
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon