Synonyms for roll

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : rohl

Phonetic Transcription : roʊl

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Définition of roll

Origin : early 13c., "rolled-up piece of parchment or paper" (especially one inscribed with an official record), from Old French rolle "document, parchment scroll, decree" (12c.), from Medieval Latin rotulus "a roll of paper" (source also of Spanish rollo, Italian ruollo), from Latin rotula "small wheel," diminutive of rota "wheel" (see rotary).
Meaning "a register, list, catalogue" is from late 14c., common from c.1800. Meaning "dough which is rolled before baking" is first recorded mid-15c. Sense of "act of rolling" is from 1743. Meaning "quantity of material rolled up" is from late 14c.; meaning "quantity of paper money" is from 1846; sense of "quantity of (rolled) film" is from 1890. Meaning "act of sexual intercourse" is attested from 1942 (roll in the hay), from roll (v.). Dutch rol, German Rolle, Danish rulle, etc. are from French.

noun revolving, turning
noun cylindrical object
noun list, roster
noun growl, reverberation
verb revolve, turn; proceed smoothly
verb spread out
verb thunder, reverberate
verb rock, sway

Example sentences :

The years roll on, the time of imprisonment is over, the man is free.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

Roll in the white of egg and then in flour and sauté in butter.
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Out of it he drew a roll of birch bark painted with juice of poke-berries.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

We are letting this world progress and roll right on past us without a struggle.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

All her share of the blarney of Ireland began to roll from the mellow tip of her tongue.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

It may be feared that the letter met with the fate of Jeremiah's roll.
Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge

It is covered with Turkey red and has a roll cushion for his head.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Once I met Bowser on his way to his work, a roll of theatre-bills under his arm.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Make a fine paste, roll it out, and cut it into round cakes.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Roll it out thick, and line with it the bottom and sides of a deep dish.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Antonyms for roll

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