ROLL

ROLL 4 letter word which starts with the letter R and ends with the letter L

We have found 36 definitions.

(n.) 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; as to roll a wheel a ball or a barrel.

(n.) To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.

(n.) To bind or involve by winding as in a bandage; to inwrap; -- often with up; as to roll up a parcel.

(n.) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion as of rolling; as a river rolls its waters to the ocean.

(n.) To utter copiously esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth or out; as to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.

(n.) To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll roller or rollers; as to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails etc.

(n.) To move or cause to be moved upon or by means of rollers or small wheels.

(n.) To beat with rapid continuous strokes as a drum; to sound a roll upon.

(n.) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another in suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.

(n.) To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.

(v. i.) To move as a curved object may along a surface by rotation without sliding; to revolve upon an axis; to turn over and over; as a ball or wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane.

(v. i.) To move on wheels; as the carriage rolls along the street.

(v. i.) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.

(v. i.) To fall or tumble; -- with over; as a stream rolls over a precipice.

(v. i.) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as the rolling year; ages roll away.

(v. i.) To turn; to move circularly.

(v. i.) To move as waves or billows with alternate swell and depression.

(v. i.) To incline first to one side then to the other; to rock; as there is a great difference in ships about rolling; in a general semse to be tossed about.

(v. i.) To turn over or from side to side while lying down; to wallow; as a horse rolls.

(v. i.) To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as the paste rolls well.

(v. i.) To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.

(v. i.) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as the thunder rolls.

(v.) The act of rolling or state of being rolled; as the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.

(v.) That which rolls; a roller.

(v.) A heavy cylinder used to break clods.

(v.) One of a set of revolving cylinders or rollers between which metal is pressed formed or smoothed as in a rolling mill; as to pass rails through the rolls.

(v.) That which is rolled up; as a roll of fat of wool paper cloth etc.

(v.) A document written on a piece of parchment paper or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.

(v.) Hence an official or public document; a register; a record; also a catalogue; a list.

(v.) A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.

(v.) A cylindrical twist of tobacco.

(v.) A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread often rolled or doubled upon itself.

(v.) The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side in sea way as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.

(v.) A heavy reverberatory sound; as the roll of cannon or of thunder.

(v.) The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.

(v.) Part; office; duty; role.

Syllable Information

The word ROLL is a 4 letter word that contains 1 syllable .

The syllable division for the word ROLL is ROLL

Other words from ROLL

Below you will find all the words that can be formed from the letters of the word ROLL.