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roll verb

  /ɹol/ , /ɹoʊl/ , /ɹɐʉl/ , /ɹəʊl/ , [ɹ̠ʷoɫ] , [ɹ̠ʷɒʊɫ]
  • (transitive) 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.
rouler, enrouler, faire rouler, gronder
  • (transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
  • (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.
  • (ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
rouler
  • (transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
enrouler
  • (transitive) To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
aplatir, laminer, niveler, rouler
  • (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.
faire rouler

roll noun

  /ɹol/ , /ɹoʊl/ , /ɹɐʉl/ , /ɹəʊl/ , [ɹ̠ʷoɫ] , [ɹ̠ʷɒʊɫ]
  • That which is rolled up.
  • A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
  • A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
rouleau
  • An official or public document; a register; a record.
registre, rôle
  • (obsolete) A part; an office; a duty; a role.
rouleau, rôle

roll noun

  /ɹol/ , /ɹoʊl/ , /ɹɐʉl/ , /ɹəʊl/ , [ɹ̠ʷoɫ] , [ɹ̠ʷɒʊɫ]
  • 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.
rouleau
  • A heavy, reverberatory sound.
grondement, roulement
  • The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
gîte
  • The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
  • The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
roulement
  • (nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about 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.
roulis

rolling

enrouleur

rolling adjective

  /ˈɹol.ɪŋ/ , /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/
  • Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
dérouler
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