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Noun roll has 15 senses

axial rotation, axial motion, roll - rotary motion of an object around its own axis; "wheels in axial rotation"
--₁ is a kind of rotation, revolution, gyration
--₁ has particulars: wallow
Derived forms: verb roll₁₄, verb roll₉, verb roll₈, verb roll₆, verb roll₂, verb roll₁
roll, roster - a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"
--₂ is a kind of list, listing
--₂ has particulars:
batting order, card, lineup; death-roll; muster roll; church roll; rota; waiting list
roller, roll, rolling wave - a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
--₃ is a kind of wave, moving ridge
roll - photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
--₄ is a kind of film, photographic film
coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
--₅ is a kind of round shape
--₅ has particulars: corolla; calyx; verticil
Derived forms: verb roll₈, verb roll₄, verb roll₃
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"
--₆ is a kind of funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource

bun, roll - small rounded bread either plain or sweet
--₇ is a kind of bread, breadstuff, staff of life
--₇ has particulars:

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

peal, pealing, roll, rolling - a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
--₈ is a kind of sound

Derived form: verb roll₅
paradiddle, roll, drum roll - the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
--₉ is a kind of sound

Derived form: verb roll₅
scroll, roll - a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
--₁₀ is a kind of manuscript, holograph
--₁₀ has particulars: Dead Sea scrolls; Megillah; Torah
roll - anything rolled up in cylindrical form
--₁₁ is a kind of cylinder
--₁₁ has particulars: bolt; rouleau; rouleau
cast, roll - the act of throwing dice
--₁₂ is a kind of throw
--₁₂ is a part of craps, crap shooting, crapshoot, crap game
--₁₂ has particulars: natural
roll - walking with a rolling gait
--₁₃ is a kind of gait
roll - a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
--₁₄ is a kind of flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
--₁₄ has particulars: barrel roll; snap roll
roll - the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
--₁₅ is a kind of propulsion, actuation
--₁₅ is a part of bowling

Verb roll has 18 senses

roll, turn over - move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
--₁ is one way to turn

Derived forms: noun roll₁, noun roller₃, noun roller₄
Sample sentence:
These balls roll easily
wheel, roll - move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds"
--₂ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote

Derived forms: noun roll₁, noun rolling₃
Sample sentence:
These cars won't roll
roll, undulate - occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past"

Derived form: noun roll₅
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
roll out, roll - flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper"
--₄ is one way to flatten

Derived form: noun roll₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
roll - emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
--₅ is one way to sound, go

Derived forms: noun roll₉, noun roll₈, noun rolling₁
Sample sentences:
Cars roll in the streets
The streets roll with cars
wind, wrap, roll, twine - wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
--₆ is one way to move, displace

Derived forms: noun roller₅, noun roll₁
Sample sentences:
They roll the wire around the stick
The wires roll around the stick
roll - begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"
--₇ is one way to function, work, operate, go, run
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
roll - shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette"
--₈ is one way to shape, form

Derived forms: noun roll₅, noun roll₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
roll - execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
--₉ is one way to tumble

Derived form: noun roll₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
hustle, pluck, roll - sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
--₁₀ is one way to steal
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
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"
--₁₁ is one way to move

Derived form: noun roller₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
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"
--₁₂ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
roll - move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
--₁₃ is one way to rock, sway, shake
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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"
--₁₄ is one way to move, displace

Derived form: noun roll₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
roll - pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's"
--₁₅ is one way to pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
seethe, roll - boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled"
--₁₆ is one way to churn, boil, moil, roil
Sample sentence:
The water rolls
roll - take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"
--₁₇ is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s Adjective
roll, roll up - show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
--₁₈ is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s Adjective