Roll vs. Slide — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Roll and Slide
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Roll
Move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis
The car rolled down into a ditch
She rolled the ball across the floor
Slide
To move over a surface while maintaining smooth continuous contact.
Roll
(of a vehicle) move or run on wheels
The van was rolling along the lane
Slide
To participate in a sport that involves such movement
Sliding for a medal in luge.
Roll
Turn (something flexible) over and over on itself to form a cylinder, tube, or ball
She started to roll up her sleeping bag
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Slide
To lose a secure footing or positioning; slip
Slid on the ice and fell.
Roll
Flatten (something) by passing a roller over it or by passing it between rollers
Roll out the dough on a floured surface
Slide
To pass smoothly and quietly; glide
Slid past the door without anyone noticing.
Roll
(of a loud, deep sound) reverberate
The first peals of thunder rolled across the sky
Slide
(Baseball) To drop down from a running into a lying or diving position when approaching a base so as to avoid being tagged out.
Roll
Rob (someone, typically when they are intoxicated or asleep)
If you don't get drunk, you don't get rolled
Slide
To be ignored or not dealt with; drop
Let the matter slide.
Roll
A cylinder formed by winding flexible material round a tube or by turning it over and over on itself without folding
A roll of carpet
Slide
To decrease
Prices slid in morning trading.
Roll
A movement in which someone or something turns or is turned over on itself
A roll of the dice
Slide
To become less favorable or less desirable
Economic conditions have begun to slide.
Roll
A prolonged, deep, reverberating sound
Thunder exploded, roll after roll
Slide
To cause to slide or slip
Slid the glass down to the other end of the counter.
Roll
A very small loaf of bread, to be eaten by one person
Soup with a roll
A bacon roll
Slide
To place covertly or deftly
Slid the stolen merchandise into his pocket.
Roll
An official list or register of names
The school had no one by his name on its roll
Slide
A sliding movement or action.
Roll
Undulation of the landscape
Hidden by the roll of the land was a refinery
Slide
A smooth, usually inclined surface or track for sliding
A water slide.
Roll
A roller for flattening something, especially one used to shape metal in a rolling mill.
Slide
A playground apparatus for children to slide on, typically consisting of a smooth chute climbed onto by means of a ladder.
Roll
To move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
Slide
A part that operates by sliding, as the U-shaped section of tube on a trombone that is moved to change the pitch.
Roll
To travel or be moved on wheels or rollers
Rolled down the sidewalk on their scooters.
Slide
A period of decline or loss
"The semiconductor industry is heading for a cyclical slide" (New York Times).
Roll
To travel around; wander
Roll from town to town.
Slide
An image on a transparent base for projection on a screen.
Roll
To travel or be carried in a vehicle.
Slide
One of a series of images projected digitally as part of a presentation.
Roll
To be carried on a stream
The logs rolled down the cascading river.
Slide
A small glass plate for mounting specimens to be examined under a microscope.
Roll
To start to move or operate
The press wouldn't roll.
Slide
A fall of a mass of rock, earth, or snow down a slope; an avalanche or landslide.
Roll
To work or succeed in a sustained way; gain momentum
The political campaign finally began to roll.
Slide
A backless shoe with an open toe.
Roll
To go by; elapse
The days rolled along.
Slide
A slight portamento used in violin playing, passing quickly from one note to another.
Roll
To recur. Often used with around
Summer has rolled around again.
Slide
An ornamentation consisting of two grace notes approaching the main note.
Roll
To move in a periodic revolution, as a planet in its orbit.
Slide
A small metal or glass tube worn over a finger or held in the hand, used in playing bottleneck-style guitar.
Roll
To turn over and over
The puppy rolled in the mud.
Slide
The bottleneck style of guitar playing.
Roll
To shift the gaze usually quickly and continually
The child's eyes rolled with fright.
Slide
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
He slid the boat across the grass.
The safe slid slowly.
Snow slides down the side of a mountain.
Roll
To turn around or revolve on an axis.
Slide
(intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
The car slid on the ice.
Roll
To move or advance with a rising and falling motion; undulate
The waves rolled toward shore.
Slide
To drop down and skid into a base.
Jones slid into second.
Roll
To extend or appear to extend in gentle rises and falls
The dunes roll to the sea.
Slide
(intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
He slid while going around the corner.
Roll
To move or rock from side to side
The ship pitched and rolled in heavy seas.
Slide
(transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
To alter the meaning of a question by sliding in a word
Schoolchildren sometimes slide each other notes during class.
Roll
To walk with a swaying, unsteady motion.
Slide
(transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
He slid me a dirty look.
Roll
(Slang) To experience periodic rushes after taking an intoxicating drug, especially MDMA.
Slide
To pass inadvertently.
Roll
To take the shape of a ball or cylinder
Yarn rolls easily.
Slide
(intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
A ship or boat slides through the water.
Roll
To become flattened by pressure applied by a roller.
Slide
To decrease in amount or value.
The stock market slid yesterday after major stocks released weak quarterly results.
Roll
To make a deep, prolonged, surging sound
Thunder rolled in the distance.
Slide
(music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
Roll
To make a sustained trilling sound, as certain birds do.
Slide
(regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
Roll
To beat a drum in a continuous series of short blows.
Slide
To go; to move from one place or to another.
Roll
To pour, flow, or move in a continual stream
Tourists rolling into the city.
Slide
(soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
Roll
To enjoy ample amounts
Rolled in the money.
Slide
An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.
Roll
To cause to move forward along a surface by revolving on an axis or by repeatedly turning over.
Slide
A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
Roll
To move or push along on wheels or rollers
Rolled the plane out of the hangar.
Slide
The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
The slide closed the highway.
Roll
To impel or send onward in a steady, swelling motion
The sea rolls its waves onto the sand.
Slide
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
Roll
To impart a swaying, rocking motion to
Heavy seas rolled the ship.
Slide
A mechanism consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
Roll
To turn around or partly turn around; rotate
Rolled his head toward the door.
Slide
The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
A slide on the ice
Roll
To cause to begin moving or operating
Roll the cameras.
Roll the presses.
Slide
A lever that can be moved in two directions.
Roll
To extend or lay out
Rolled out a long rope.
Slide
A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
Roll
To pronounce or utter with a trill
You must roll your r's in Spanish.
Slide
(photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
Roll
To utter or emit in full, swelling tones.
Slide
A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
I still need to prepare some slides for my presentation tomorrow.
Roll
To beat (a drum) with a continuous series of short blows.
Slide
(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
Roll
To wrap (something) round and round upon itself or around something else. Often used with up
Roll up a poster.
Slide
(baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
Roll
To envelop or enfold in a covering
Roll dirty laundry in a sheet.
Slide
A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
Roll
To make by shaping into a ball or cylinder
Roll a cigarette.
Slide
A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
Roll
To spread, compress, or flatten by applying pressure with a roller
Roll pastry dough.
Slide
(geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
Roll
(Printing) To apply ink to (type) with a roller or rollers.
Slide
(music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
Roll
(Games) To throw (dice), as in craps.
Slide
(phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
Roll
(Slang) To rob (a drunken, sleeping, or otherwise helpless person).
Slide
A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
Roll
The act or an instance of rolling.
Slide
A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
With ten dollars in his slide
Roll
Something rolled up
A roll of tape.
Slide
(footwear) A shoe that is backless and open-toed.
Roll
A quantity, as of cloth or wallpaper, rolled into a cylinder and often considered as a unit of measure.
Slide
(speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
Roll
A piece of parchment or paper that may be or is rolled up; a scroll.
Slide
A promiscuous woman, slut.
Roll
A register or a catalogue.
Slide
To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.
Roll
A list of names of persons belonging to a group.
Slide
Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.
They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.
Roll
A mass in cylindrical or rounded form
A roll of tobacco.
Slide
To pass inadvertently.
Beware thou slide not by it.
Roll
A small loaf of bread, portioned for one individual and often served as a side dish or appetizer or used to make a sandwich.
Slide
To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.
Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
Roll
A portion of food wrapped around a filling
Cinnamon roll.
Sushi roll.
Slide
To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
Their foot shall slide in due time.
Roll
A rolling, swaying, or rocking motion.
Slide
To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.
Roll
A gentle swell or undulation of a surface
The roll of the plains.
Slide
To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
With good hope let he sorrow slide.
With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
Roll
A deep reverberation or rumble
The roll of thunder.
Slide
To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.
Roll
A rapid succession of short sounds
The roll of a drum.
Slide
To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.
Roll
A trill
The roll of his r's.
Slide
The act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.
Roll
A resonant, rhythmical flow of words.
Slide
Smooth, even passage or progress.
A better slide into their business.
Roll
A roller, especially a cylinder on which to roll something up or with which to flatten something.
Slide
That on which anything moves by sliding.
Roll
An amount of rotation around a longitudinal axis, as of an aircraft or boat.
Slide
That which operates by sliding.
Roll
A maneuver in which an airplane makes a single complete rotation about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude.
Slide
A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.
Roll
(Slang) Money, especially a wad of paper money.
Slide
The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
Roll
(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.
To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
Slide
A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
Roll
(intransitive) To turn over and over.
The child will roll on the floor.
Slide
A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
Roll
(intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
Slide
A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
Roll
(transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
Slide
Same as Guide bar, under Guide.
Roll
(transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
To roll up the map for shipping.
Slide
A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
Roll
(intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
The cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
Slide
(geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
Roll
(ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
This river will roll its waters to the ocean.
Slide
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale;
The violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides
Roll
(ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
To roll forth someone's praises; to roll out sentences.
Slide
Plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
Roll
(transitive) To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
To roll a field;
To roll paste;
To roll steel rails.
Slide
The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it;
His slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill
The children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope
Roll
(intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
The pastry rolls well.
Slide
A transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
Roll
(ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
Slide
Sloping channel through which things can descend
Roll
To leave or begin a journey.
I want to get there early; let's roll.
Slide
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;
The wheels skidded against the sidewalk
Roll
To compete, especially with vigor.
OK guys, we're only down by two points. Let's roll!
Slide
To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly;
They slid through the wicket in the big gate
Roll
(transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
Slide
Move smoothly along a surface;
He slid the money over to the other gambler
Roll
(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.
Roll
(transitive) To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
Roll
To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over; I don't roll like that.
Roll
To throw dice.
Roll
To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
If you roll doubles, you get an extra turn.
With two dice, you're more likely to roll seven than ten.
Roll
(RPG) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
I'm gonna go and roll a new shaman tonight.
Roll
To generate a random number.
Roll
To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch.
Roll
To travel by sailing.
Roll
(transitive) To beat up; to assault.
Roll
To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done.
Roll
To betray secrets.
He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days.
Roll
To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
Roll
To (cause to) film.
The cameras are rolling.
It's time to roll the cameras.
Roll
To slip past (a defender) with the ball.
Roll
(intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
The hills rolled on
Roll
To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
The years roll on.
Roll
(intransitive) To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
Roll
To move and cause an effect on someone
Roll
(intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
The thunder rolled and the lightning flashed.
Roll
(transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
Many languages roll their r's.
Roll
To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
The kids rolled the principal's house and yard.
Roll
(transitive) To create a customized version of.
Roll
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Roll
To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
Roll
To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
Containers will be rolled to another mother vessel.
Roll
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
The roll of a ball
Look at the roll of the waves.
The roll of her eyes
Roll
A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
Roll
Something which rolls.
Roll
A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
Roll
One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
To pass rails through the rolls
Roll
A swagger or rolling gait.
Roll
A heavy, reverberatory sound.
Hear the roll of cannon.
There was a roll of thunder and the rain began to pour down.
Roll
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
Roll
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.
Roll
(nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
Roll
The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
Calculate the roll of that aircraft.
Roll
An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
The pilots entertained the spectators at the airshow by doing multiple rolls.
Roll
The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
Make your roll.
Whoever gets the highest roll moves first.
Roll
A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling and especially in the phrase on a roll.
He is on a roll tonight.
Roll
A training match for a fighting dog.
Roll
An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
That was a good roll.
Roll
(paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
She has a bombproof roll.
Roll
(finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
Roll
That which is rolled up.
A roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
Roll
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
Roll
An official or public document; a register; a record.
Roll
A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
Several people sued the state after finding out that they'd been removed from the voter rolls for having died, despite their not actually being dead.
Roll
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
A roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon
Roll
A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
Roll
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
Roll
(obsolete) A part; an office; a duty; a role.
Roll
A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
Roll
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; as, to roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel.
Roll
To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over; as, to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll clay or putty into a ball.
Roll
To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; - often with up; as, to roll up a parcel.
Roll
To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling; as, a river rolls its waters to the ocean.
The flood of Catholic reaction was rolled over Europe.
Roll
To utter copiously, esp. with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; - often with forth, or out; as, to roll forth some one's praises; to roll out sentences.
Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies.
Roll
To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers; as, to roll a field; to roll paste; to roll steel rails, etc.
Roll
To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
Roll
To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
Roll
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 suck manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
Roll
To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
Full oft in heart he rolleth up and downThe beauty of these florins new and bright.
Roll
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.
And her foot, look you, is fixed upon a spherical stone, which rolls, and rolls, and rolls.
Roll
To move on wheels; as, the carriage rolls along the street.
Roll
To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls unevenly; the snow rolls well.
Roll
To fall or tumble; - with over; as, a stream rolls over a precipice.
Roll
To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution; as, the rolling year; ages roll away.
Roll
To turn; to move circularly.
And his red eyeballs roll with living fire.
Roll
To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
What different sorrows did within thee roll.
Roll
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.
Twice ten tempestuous nights I rolled.
Roll
To turn over, or from side to side, while lying down; to wallow; as, a horse rolls.
Roll
To spread under a roller or rolling-pin; as, the paste rolls well.
Roll
To beat a drum with strokes so rapid that they can scarcely be distinguished by the ear.
Roll
To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise; as, the thunder rolls.
Man shall not suffer his wife go roll about.
Roll
The act of rolling, or state of being rolled; as, the roll of a ball; the roll of waves.
Roll
That which rolls; a roller.
Roll
That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.
Busy angels spreadThe lasting roll, recording what we say.
Roll
Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.
The rolls of Parliament, the entry of the petitions, answers, and transactions in Parliament, are extant.
The roll and list of that army doth remain.
Roll
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.
Roll
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.
Roll
The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.
Roll
A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder.
Roll
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
Roll
Part; office; duty; rôle.
Roll
Rotary motion of an object around its own axis;
Wheels in axial rotation
Roll
A list of names;
His name was struck off the rolls
Roll
A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
Roll
Photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
Roll
A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
Roll
A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.);
He shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag
Roll
Small rounded bread either plain or sweet
Roll
A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
Roll
The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
Roll
A document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
Roll
Anything rolled up in cylindrical form
Roll
The act of throwing dice
Roll
Walking with a rolling gait
Roll
A flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
Roll
The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
Roll
Move by turning over or rotating;
The child rolled down the hill
Turn over on your left side
Roll
Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle;
The President's convoy rolled past the crowds
Roll
Occur in soft rounded shapes;
The hills rolled past
Roll
Flatten or spread with a roller;
Roll out the paper
Roll
Emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound;
The thunder rolled
Rolling drums
Roll
Wrap or coil around;
Roll your hair around your finger
Twine the thread around the spool
Roll
Begin operating or running;
The cameras were rolling
The presses are already rolling
Roll
Shape by rolling;
Roll a cigarette
Roll
Execute a roll, in tumbling;
The gymnasts rolled and jumped
Roll
Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Roll
Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;
The curtains undulated
The waves rolled towards the beach
Roll
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
The gypsies roamed the woods
Roving vagabonds
The wandering Jew
The cattle roam across the prairie
The laborers drift from one town to the next
They rolled from town to town
Roll
Move, rock, or sway from side to side;
The ship rolled on the heavy seas
Roll
Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis;
She rolled the ball
They rolled their eyes at his words
Roll
Pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/;
She rolls her r's
Roll
Boil vigorously;
The liquid was seething
The water rolled
Roll
Take the shape of a roll or cylinder;
The carpet rolled out
Yarn rolls well
Roll
Show certain properties when being rolled;
The carpet rolls unevenly
Dried-out tobacco rolls badly
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