roll

roll: I [[t]rəul[/t]]
1. noun

1) anything flat (eg a piece of paper, a carpet) rolled into the shape of a tube, wound round a tube etc:

a roll of kitchen foil

a toilet-roll.
مِلَف أسْطُواني
2) a small piece of baked bread dough, used eg for sandwiches:

a cheese roll.
رَغيف مُسْتَدير
3) an act of rolling:

Our dog loves a roll on the grass.
دَحْرَجَه
4) a ship's action of rocking from side to side:

She said that the roll of the ship made her feel ill.
تَمايُل
5) a long low sound:

the roll of thunder.
دَوي، قَصْف
6) a thick mass of flesh:

I'd like to get rid of these rolls of fat round my waist.
كُتْلَه
7) a series of quick beats (on a drum).
قَرْع الطَّبْل
2. verb

1) to move by turning over like a wheel or ball:

The coin/pencil rolled under the table

He rolled the ball towards the puppy

The ball rolled away.
يَتَدَحْرَج
2) to move on wheels, rollers etc:

The children rolled the cart up the hill, then let it roll back down again.
يُدَحْرِج، يَتَدَحْرَج
3) to form (a piece of paper, a carpet) into the shape of a tube by winding:

to roll the carpet back.
يَلُف
4) (of a person or animal in a lying position) to turn over:

The doctor rolled the patient (over) on to his side

The dog rolled on to its back.
يَقْلِب، يَبْرُم
5) to shape (clay etc) into a ball or cylinder by turning it about between the hands:

He rolled the clay into a ball.
يَلُف على شَكْل طابَه
6) to cover with something by rolling:

When the little girl's dress caught fire, they rolled her in a blanket.
يَلْتَف، يَتَدَثَّر
7) to make (something) flat or flatter by rolling something heavy over it:

to roll a lawn

to roll pastry (out).
يُمَهِّد ، يُسَوّي
8) (of a ship) to rock from side to side while travelling forwards:

The storm made the ship roll.
يَتَمايَل
9) to make a series of low sounds:

The thunder rolled

The drums rolled.
يَقْصِف، يُدَوّي
10) to move (one's eyes) round in a circle to express fear, surprise etc.
يُديرُ عَيْنَيْهِ، يُقَلِّب عَيْنَيْهِ
11) to travel in a car etc:

We were rolling along merrily when a tyre burst.
يُسافِر بالسَّيّارَه
12) (of waves, rivers etc) to move gently and steadily:

The waves rolled in to the shore.
تَتَدَحْرَج الأمواج نحْو الشاطئ
13) (of time) to pass:

Months rolled by.
يَمُر II noun
a list of names, eg of pupils in a school etc:

There are nine hundred pupils on the roll.
سِجِل، مِلَف، جَدْوَل

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Synonyms:

Turn, make revolve, Revolve, rotate, turn, wheel, whirl, gyrate, whirl round, go round, turn round, Volume, scroll, document / Run, flow, glide / Whirl, wheel, revolve, Run on wheels, Chronicle, record, history, annals / Revolve, turn about (in one's mind), Revolve, perform a revolution, List, register, catalogue, inventory, schedule, official document / Wrap round (one part on another), Turn, move circularly, Loaf of bread (small, and rolled up while in the dough) / Bind, involve, inwrap, infold, Rock from side to side, be tossed about, Rocking (as of a vessel in a heavy sea) / Press, level, smooth, flatten, Move (as billows), Prolonged, deep sound / Drive, impel forward, Fluctuate, move tumultuously, Cylinder, roller / Emit, give expression to, Fall over and over, tumble, Round mass / Wheel, trundle, Wallow, welter, tumble about

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