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Antonyms for rolled

Grammar : Adj
Spell : rohl
Phonetic Transcription : roÊŠl

Definition of rolled

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.
  • adj made into a roll
  • adj flattened
Example sentences :
  • He tossed them onto the table, and Hal Dozier rolled his smoke in silence.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Weeks came and went, months rolled away, and she appeared not in them.
  • Extract from : « The Vision of the Fountain (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • We rolled on, and entered the village of Manchester, bordering on the falls.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • So they said good-bye to Katy and rolled past Eileen's room on the way to the desert.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • It lay still for a moment—then rolled over—then lay still again.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • All hands were called, and the rags were rolled up, and the gaskets passed.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The storm had rolled away now, and he could see the stars; also with it went the wind.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • I ought to be a Dido and Niobe and Cassandra rolled into one.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • You will also want tin cutters for cakes that are rolled out in dough.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • There were a great, many round ones, and they rolled very fast.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Synonyms for rolled

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