Roll
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- To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
- roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel
- To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
- roll a sheet of paper
- roll clay or putty into a ball
- To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; often with up
- roll up a parcel
- To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
- a river rolls its waters to the ocean
- To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out.
- roll forth someone's praises
- roll out sentences
- To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
- roll a field
- roll paste
- roll steel rails
- To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
- To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
- To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
- (US slang) A manner of behaving or a way of doing certain things; a general disposition toward a situation.
- I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over, I don't roll like that.
- 2006, Times Herald-Record, Tuesday, November 21, by Chris McKenna. At [1].
- "This is how we roll in Spring Valley," one teen reportedly boasted.
- To throw dice.
- To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
- If you roll doubles, you get an extra turn.
- With two dice, you're more likely to roll seven than ten.
- To turn over and over.
- The child rolled on the floor.
- To tumble in gymnastics.
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