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What does roll mean?

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Verb

(ergative) 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.
(intransitive) To turn over and over.
To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
(transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
(transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
(intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
(ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
(ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
(intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
(ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
(chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To leave or begin a journey.
(chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To compete, especially with vigor.
To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
(geometry) 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 such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
(US, slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
(dice game) To throw dice.
(dice game) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
(role-playing games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
(computing) To generate a random number.
(nautical, of a vessel) To rotate on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.
(transitive) To beat up; to attack and cause physical damage to.
(transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
(intransitive, slang) To betray secrets.
(slang) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
(intransitive, of a camera) To film.
(transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
To have a rolling aspect.
(figuratively, intranstive) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
(figuratively, intransitive) to move and cause an effect on someone
(intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.

Noun

The act of rolling, or state of being rolled.
A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
That which rolls; a roller.

A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
That which is rolled up.
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
A cylindrical twist of tobacco.

A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
(nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
(nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, on its fore-and-aft axis.
A heavy, reverberatory sound.
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
(obsolete) Part; office; duty; rôle.
A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
A training match for a fighting dog.

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