[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/roll/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / roll # roll verb (roll, rolls, rolled, rolling); noun (a roll, rolls) «roll» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To roll is to turn over and over, like a ball moving along the ground. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#m2) 3. A roll is a small round bread. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#m4) 5. To roll dice is to throw them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#m5) 6. A roll is a list of names: the class roll. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#m8) ### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x1) - Each roll of tape is 30 meters long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x2) - He rolled a 6 on the die. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x3) - A roll of stickers has 50 stickers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x4) - The ball rolled down the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x5) - Roll the dough into a long snake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x6) - The teacher called the roll. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x7) - There was a roll of thunder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x8) - Roll up your sleeves before you wash the paint pots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/#x9) - Now a wave came rolling onward. [tree →](https://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 Jewish tradition In the Torah it means to move a heavy stone off a well's mouth, a job needing many shepherds together. In the Prophets it also means a scroll, as in the roll Ezekiel ate and the flying roll Zechariah saw, and to roll oneself in dust as a sign of grief. **Interpretation.** Tradition reads Ezekiel's eating of the roll as taking God's words into himself, which tasted sweet though they carried sad news. Zechariah's flying roll is read as a picture of God's law going out over the land to judge thieves and liars. ### Examples - And they said: 'We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.' (Torah GEN.29.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roll/#x1) - So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that roll. (Prophets EZK.3.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roll/#x2) - Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a flying roll. (Prophets ZEC.5.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roll/#x3) - Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust. (Prophets MIC.1.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roll/#x4) ### 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). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «roll» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roll/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«roll» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/roll.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «roll» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roll/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«roll» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/roll.html) on Mova free.