[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/roll.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / roll [← R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/R/) # roll «roll» in Mova's school dictionary: **to turn over and over, like a ball moving along the ground** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech verb (roll, rolls, rolled, rolling); noun (a roll, rolls) ### meaning for a pupil 1) To roll is to turn over and over, like a ball moving along the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#m1) 2) To roll is to move on wheels: the car rolled down the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#m2) 3) A roll is a small round bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#m3) 4) A roll is a long piece of paper, tape, film or cloth wound up into a tube shape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#m4) 5) To roll dice is to throw them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#m5) 6) A roll is a list of names: the class roll. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#m6) 7) A roll is a long deep sound: a roll of thunder, a drum roll. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#m7) 8) To roll can also mean to move forward steadily, like a wave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#m8) ### sense in the lessons In maths: things counted (bread rolls, rolls of paper, tape or film); rolling dice or a ball; probability with dice. In science: round things roll; slopes make things roll faster; friction slows them. In everyday life: «roll up your sleeves», taking the roll (register) at school, rolls of toilet paper. In stories: a roll of thunder, «let's roll». ### examples - She bought 12 dinner rolls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x1) - Each roll of tape is 30 meters long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x2) - He rolled a 6 on the die. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x3) - A roll of stickers has 50 stickers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x4) - The ball rolled down the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x5) - Roll the dough into a long snake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x6) - The teacher called the roll. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x7) - There was a roll of thunder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x8) - Roll up your sleeves before you wash the paint pots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x9) - Now a wave came rolling onward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x10) ### note «A roll of X» is a container with a fixed amount, so total = rolls × amount per roll. Trap: «rolled a 4» is a number shown on a die, not a count of things. A normal die has 6 sides (1 to 6), so the chance of a 6 is 1 out of 6. Homophone: role (a part in a play). ### In the corpora - [Grown-ups call very sweet romantic film scenes "soppy", and children are allowed to look away or roll their eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/15/) - [In the death roll a crocodile spins in the water to tear chunks off its prey, because it can't chew.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/14/) - [Butterflies have taste sensors on their feet and drink through a long tube called a proboscis that stays rolled up like a party blower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/37-butterflies-beetles-flies-mosquitoes-grasshoppers/6/) - [Young pandas really tumble and roll, and pandas are good climbers that can rest high in tree branches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/135-kung-fu-panda-real-giant-pandas-and-red-pandas/8/) - [Donkeys love to roll in dust, which scratches itches, cleans the coat and keeps off flies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/145-shrek-s-donkey-real-donkeys-and-mules/13/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «roll» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.