| roller | | |
| n. (act) | 1. roller | a grounder that rolls along the infield. |
| ~ ground ball, groundball, grounder, hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground. |
| n. (event) | 2. roll, roller, rolling wave | a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore. |
| ~ moving ridge, wave | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). |
| n. (artifact) | 3. roller | a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate). |
| ~ caster, castor | a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable. |
| ~ roller skate | a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole. |
| ~ wheel | a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines). |
| n. (artifact) | 4. roller | a cylinder that revolves. |
| ~ garden roller | heavy cast-iron cylinder used to flatten lawns. |
| ~ paint roller | a roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint. |
| ~ platen | the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike. |
| ~ roller blind | a window shade that rolls up out of the way. |
| ~ sprocket | roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through. |
| ~ trundle | small wheel or roller. |
| ~ cylinder | a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases). |
| n. (artifact) | 5. crimper, curler, hair curler, roller | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it.; "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight" |
| ~ mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles. |
| n. (animal) | 6. roller | Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers. |
| ~ coraciiform bird | chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes. |
| ~ coraciidae, family coraciidae | rollers. |
| ~ coracias garrulus, european roller | common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back. |
| ~ ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms. |
| n. (animal) | 7. roller, tumbler, tumbler pigeon | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground. |
| ~ domestic pigeon | domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food. |
| roll | | |
| n. (event) | 1. axial motion, axial rotation, roll | rotary motion of an object around its own axis.; "wheels in axial rotation" |
| ~ gyration, revolution, rotation | a single complete turn (axial or orbital).; "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" |
| ~ wallow | an indolent or clumsy rolling about.; "a good wallow in the water" |
| n. (communication) | 2. roll, roster | a list of names.; "his name was struck off the rolls" |
| ~ list, listing | a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics). |
| ~ batting order, lineup, card | (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat.; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate" |
| ~ death-roll | a list of persons killed in a war or other disaster. |
| ~ muster roll | a list of names of officers and men in a military unit or ship's company. |
| ~ church roll | a list of the members of church. |
| ~ rota | a roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties. |
| ~ waiting list | a roster of those waiting to obtain something. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. roll | photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light. |
| ~ photographic film, film | photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies. |
| n. (shape) | 4. coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals). |
| ~ corolla | (botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth.; "we cultivate the flower for its corolla" |
| ~ calyx | (botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green. |
| ~ round shape | a shape that is curved and without sharp angles. |
| ~ verticil | a whorl of leaves growing around a stem. |
| n. (possession) | 5. 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" |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource | assets in the form of money. |
| n. (food) | 6. bun, roll | small rounded bread either plain or sweet. |
| ~ bread, breadstuff, staff of life | food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked. |
| ~ tea bread | sweetened buns to be eaten with tea. |
| ~ frankfurter bun, hotdog bun | a long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter. |
| ~ hamburger bun, hamburger roll | a round bun shaped to hold a hamburger patty. |
| ~ brioche | a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet. |
| ~ crescent roll, croissant | very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll. |
| ~ hard roll, vienna roll | yeast-raised roll with a hard crust. |
| ~ soft roll | yeast-raised roll with a soft crust. |
| ~ kaiser roll | rounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the center. |
| ~ parker house roll | yeast-raised dinner roll made by folding a disk of dough before baking. |
| ~ clover-leaf roll | yeast-raised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan. |
| ~ onion roll | yeast-raised roll flavored with onion. |
| ~ coffee roll, sweet roll | any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze. |
| ~ bagel, beigel | (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust. |
| n. (event) | 7. peal, pealing, roll, rolling | a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells). |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| n. (event) | 8. drum roll, paradiddle, roll | the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously. |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| n. (communication) | 9. roll, scroll | a document that can be rolled up (as for storage). |
| ~ holograph, manuscript | handwritten book or document. |
| ~ dead sea scrolls | (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s.; "the Dead Sea Scrolls provide information about Judaism and the Bible around the time of Jesus" |
| ~ megillah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment that contains the biblical story of Esther; traditionally read in synagogues to celebrate Purim. |
| ~ torah | (Judaism) the scroll of parchment on which the first five books of the Hebrew Scripture is written; is used in a synagogue during services. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. roll | anything rolled up in cylindrical form. |
| ~ bolt | a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length. |
| ~ rouleau | a roll of coins wrapped in paper. |
| ~ rouleau | a roll of ribbon. |
| ~ cylinder | a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases). |
| n. (act) | 11. cast, roll | the act of throwing dice. |
| ~ craps | a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice. |
| ~ throw | casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly.; "he risked his fortune on a throw of the dice" |
| ~ natural | (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake. |
| n. (act) | 12. roll | walking with a swaying gait. |
| ~ gait | a person's manner of walking. |
| n. (act) | 13. roll | a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude. |
| ~ barrel roll | a roll in which the plane follows a spiral course. |
| ~ snap roll | a fast roll. |
| ~ airplane maneuver, flight maneuver | a maneuver executed by an aircraft. |
| n. (act) | 14. bowl, roll | the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling). |
| ~ bowling | the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc. |
| ~ actuation, propulsion | the act of propelling. |
| v. (motion) | 15. roll, turn over | move by turning over or rotating.; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side" |
| ~ rim | roll around the rim of.; "the ball rimmed the basket" |
| ~ revolve, roll | 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" |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| v. (motion) | 16. roll, wheel | move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle.; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ bowl | roll (a ball). |
| ~ troll | cause to move round and round.; "The child trolled her hoop" |
| v. (stative) | 17. roll, undulate | occur in soft rounded shapes.; "The hills rolled past" |
| v. (contact) | 18. roll, roll out | flatten or spread with a roller.; "roll out the paper" |
| ~ flatten | make flat or flatter.; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises" |
| ~ cog | roll steel ingots. |
| ~ mill | roll out (metal) with a rolling machine. |
| v. (perception) | 19. roll | emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound.; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (contact) | 20. roll, twine, wind, wrap | arrange or or coil around.; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" |
| ~ spool | wind onto a spool or a reel. |
| ~ reel | wind onto or off a reel. |
| ~ ball | form into a ball by winding or rolling.; "ball wool" |
| ~ clew, clue | roll into a ball. |
| ~ coil, curl, loop | wind around something in coils or loops. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (contact) | 21. roll | begin operating or running.; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling" |
| ~ function, operate, work, run, go | perform as expected when applied.; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" |
| v. (change) | 22. roll | shape by rolling.; "roll a cigarette" |
| ~ shape, form | give shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" |
| v. (body) | 23. roll | execute a roll, in tumbling.; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped" |
| ~ tumble | do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully. |
| v. (possession) | 24. hustle, pluck, roll | sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity. |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| v. (motion) | 25. flap, roll, undulate, wave | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion.; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ luff | flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides.; "the sails luffed" |
| v. (motion) | 26. cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander | 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" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ maunder | wander aimlessly. |
| ~ gad, gallivant, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure. |
| ~ drift, err, stray | wander from a direct course or at random.; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" |
| ~ wander | go via an indirect route or at no set pace.; "After dinner, we wandered into town" |
| v. (motion) | 27. roll | move, rock, or sway from side to side.; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas" |
| ~ rock, sway, shake | move back and forth or sideways.; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" |
| v. (motion) | 28. revolve, roll | 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" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ roll, turn over | move by turning over or rotating.; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side" |
| ~ transit | revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction. |
| v. (communication) | 29. roll | pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/.; "She rolls her r's" |
| ~ enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?" |
| v. (change) | 30. roll, seethe | boil vigorously.; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" |
| ~ roil, churn, moil, boil | be agitated.; "the sea was churning in the storm" |
| v. (change) | 31. roll | take the shape of a roll or cylinder.; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well" |
| ~ change form, change shape, deform | assume a different shape or form. |
| v. (change) | 32. roll, roll up | show certain properties when being rolled.; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ wrap up, roll up | form a cylinder by rolling.; "roll up a banner" |
| ~ furl, roll up | form into a cylinder by rolling.; "Roll up the cloth" |
| scroll | | |
| v. (change) | 1. scroll | move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen.; "Scroll down to see the entire text" |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| ~ move | go or proceed from one point to another.; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" |
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