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# rolled

«rolled» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past form of roll: the ball rolled away** — 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 past and past participle (roll, rolls, rolled, rolling); adjective (rolled — as in rolled oats)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Rolled is the past form of roll: the ball rolled away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#m1)

2) Rolled means made flat or round by rolling: rolled oats, rolled-up paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#m2)

3) Rolled can describe a number thrown on dice: she rolled a 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#m3)

4) Of time, to roll by means to pass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a die rolled, a ball rolled a distance, dough rolled out; numbers rolled on dice are often added. In everyday life: rolled oats, rolled-up sleeves. In science: how far a ball rolled on different surfaces. In stories: «the tears rolled down her cheeks», «the years rolled by».

### examples

- She rolled the die and got a 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#x1)
- The ball rolled 12 feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#x2)
- He rolled two dice and added the numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#x3)
- They rolled 30 balls of clay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#x4)
- The marble rolled farther on the smooth floor than on the carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#x5)
- Porridge is made from rolled oats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#x6)
- The coin rolled under the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#x7)
- Tears rolled down his cheeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#x8)
- She rolled up the poster and put it in a tube. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/#x9)

### note

A past action; numbers rolled on dice are often added. Trap: none. In science, measure how far a ball rolled with a tape measure; smooth surfaces mean less friction, so it rolls farther.

### In the corpora

- [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/)
- [Stoats and weasels wrestled and rolled about until most of them rolled into the river!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/10/)
- [The Stranger-man is thumped, rolled on pebbles and called rude names, but he leads them all back to the river.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/85-justso-first-letter-2-the-whole-tribe-comes/8/)
- [Oranges rolled into the road, and the shopkeeper, Mr Patel, fed up, rang the police.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/384-when-the-police-come/9/)
- [Kieran rolled up his sleeve to show his scar from a street fight like it was a medal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/390-showing-off/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rolled» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rolled/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.