[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

roll \roll\, v. i.
   1. 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.
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            and her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical
            stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls. --shak.
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   2. to move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the
      street. "the rolling chair." --dryden.
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   3. to be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the
      cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
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   4. to fall or tumble; -- with over; as, a stream rolls over a
      precipice.
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   5. to perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with
      a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.
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   6. to turn; to move circularly.
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            and his red eyeballs roll with living fire.
                                                  --dryden.
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   7. to move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and
      depression.
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            what different sorrows did within thee roll.
                                                  --prior.
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   8. 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.
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            twice ten tempestuous nights i rolled. --pope.
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   9. to turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to
      wallow; as, a horse rolls.
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   10. to spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste
       rolls well.
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   11. to beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can
       scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
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   12. to make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder
       rolls.
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   to roll about, to gad abroad. obs.
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            man shall not suffer his wife go roll about.
                                                  --chaucer.
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see also:
to roll about 

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