Rotary motion of an object around its own axis.

synoniemen: axial motion, axial rotation.

Roget 407: roll etc. v.; drumming etc. v.; berloque^†, bombination^†, rumbling; tattoo, drumroll; dingdong; tantara^†; rataplan^†; whirr; ratatat, ratatat-tat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari^†, racket; cuckoo; repetition etc. 104; peal of bells, devil's tattoo; reverberation etc. 408.    [sound of railroad train rolling on rails] clickety-clack.    hum, purr.    [animals that hum] hummingbird.    [animals that purr] cat, kitten (animal sounds) 412.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 205: filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle^†, vein; hair, capillament^†, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; hair stroke; veinlet^†, venula^†, venule^†.    wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute.    strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving.    beard etc. (roughness) 256; ramification; strand.    ... meer laten zien

A list of names:
— His name was struck off the rolls.

synoniem: roster.

Roget 86: list, catalog, catalogue, inventory; register etc. (record) 551.    account; bill, bill of costs; terrier; tally, listing, itemization; atlas; book, ledger; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; tableau; invoice, bill of lading; prospectus; bill of fare, menu, carte [Fr.]; score, census, statistics, returns.    [list of topics in a document] contents, table of contents, outline; synopsis.    [written list used as an aid to memory] checklist.    table, chart, database; index, inverted file, word list, concordance.    dictionary, lexicon; vocabulary, glossary; thesaurus.    file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book.    Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre [Fr.]; directory, gazetter^†.    almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list; Almanach de Gotha^†, cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical almanac; who's who; Guiness's Book of World Records.    roll; check roll, checker roll, bead roll; muster roll, muster book; roster, panel, jury list; cartulary, diptych.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: rooster, naamlijst, nomenclatuur, rol

A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore.

synoniemen: roller, rolling wave.

Roget 312: rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll; circumrotation^†, circumvolution, circumgyration^†; volutation^†, circination^†, turbination^†, pirouette, convolution.    verticity^†, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge^†; countercurrent; Maelstrom, Charybdis; Ixion.    [rotating air] cyclone; tornado, whirlwind; dust devil.    [rotation of an automobile] spin-out.    axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation.    [rotation and translation together] helix, helical motion.    [measure of rotation] angular momentum, angular velocity; revolutions per minute, RPM.    [result of rotation] centrifugal force; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; coriolus force.    [things that go around] carousel, merry-go-round; Ferris wheel; top, dreidel^†, teetotum; gyroscope; turntable, lazy suzan; screw, whirligig, rollingstone^†, water wheel, windmill; wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear; roller; flywheel; jack; caster; centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge; drill, augur, oil rig; wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre [Brit.].    [Science of rotary motion] trochilics^†.    [person who rotates] whirling dervish.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 249: rotundity; roundness etc. adj.; cylindricity^†; sphericity, spheroidity^†; globosity^†.    cylinder, cylindroid^†, cylindrical; barrel, drum; roll, roller; rouleau^†, column, rolling-pin, rundle.    cone, conoid^†; pear shape, egg shape, bell shape.    sphere, globe, ball, boulder, bowlder^†; spheroid, ellipsoid; oblong spheroid; oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid; drop, spherule, globule, vesicle, bulb, bullet, pellet, pelote^†, clew, pill, marble, pea, knob, pommel, horn; knot (convolution) 248.    curved surface, hypersphere; hyperdimensional surface.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: robber

Photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light.

A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals).

synoniemen: coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, scroll, whorl.

Roget 248: winding etc. v.; convolution, involution, circumvolution; wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity^†; sinuosity, sinuation^†; meandering, circuit, circumbendibus^†, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages^†; torsion; inosculation^†; reticulation etc. (crossing) 219; rivulation^†; roughness etc. 256.    coil, roll, curl; buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle; tendril; scollop^†, scallop, escalop^†; kink; ammonite, snakestone^†.    serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth.    knot.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 551: trace, vestige, relic, remains; scar, cicatrix; footstep, footmark^†, footprint; pug; track mark, wake, trail, scent, piste^†.    monument, hatchment^†, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento etc. (memory) 505; testimonial, medal; commemoration etc. (celebration) 883.    record, note, minute; register, registry; roll etc. (list) 86; cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; entry, memorandum, indorsement^†, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch etc. (mark) 550; muniment^†, deed etc. (security) 771; document; deposition, proces verbal [Fr.]; affidavit; certificate etc. (evidence) 467.    notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book; portfolio; pigeonholes, excerpta^†, adversaria [Lat.], jottings, dottings^†.    gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack^†; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook^†, petty cashbook^†; professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article.    archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics etc. 86; compte rendu [Fr.]; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle, annals, legend; history, biography etc. 594; Congressional Records.    registration; registry; enrollment, inrollment^†; tabulation; entry, booking; signature etc. (identification) 550; recorder etc. 553; journalism.    [analog recording media] recording, tape recording, videotape.    [digital recording media] compact disk; floppy disk, diskette; hard disk, Winchester disk; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: wervelwind, rol
Pools: rola, zwój

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.

synoniem: bankroll.

Nederlands: een rol bankbiljetten, fonds

Small rounded bread either plain or sweet.

synoniem: bun.

Nederlands: knot, broodje
Pools: bułka

A deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).

synoniemen: peal, pealing, rolling.

Nederlands: geschal, geschetter

The sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously.

synoniemen: drum roll, paradiddle.

A document that can be rolled up (as for storage).

synoniem: scroll.

Nederlands: krul, boekrol

Anything rolled up in cylindrical form.

Pools: rolka

The act of throwing dice.

synoniem: cast.

Walking with a swaying gait.

A flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude.

The act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling).

synoniem: bowl.

Move by turning over or rotating:
— The child rolled down the hill.

synoniem: turn over.

Roget 407: roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack; bombinate^†.    hum, trill, shake; chime, peal, toll; tick, beat.    drum in the ear, din in the ear.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 348: flow, run; meander; gush, pour, spout, roll, jet, well, issue; drop, drip, dribble, plash, spirtle^†, trill, trickle, distill, percolate; stream, overflow, inundate, deluge, flow over, splash, swash; guggle^†, murmur, babble, bubble, purl, gurgle, sputter, spurt, spray, regurgitate; ooze, flow out etc. (egress) 295.    rain hard, rain in torrents, rain cats and dogs, rain pitchforks; pour with rain, drizzle, spit, set in; mizzle^†.    flow into, fall into, open into, drain into; discharge itself, disembogue^†.    [Cause a flow] pour; pour out etc. (discharge) 297; shower down, irrigate, drench etc. (wet) 337; spill, splash.    [Stop a flow] stanch; dam, up etc. (close) 261; obstruct etc. 706.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 255: smooth, smoothen^†; plane; file; mow, shave; level, roll; macadamize; polish, burnish, calender^†, glaze; iron, hot-press, mangle; lubricate etc. (oil) 332.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: rollen

Move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle:
— The President's convoy rolled past the crowds.

synoniem: wheel.

Nederlands: rollen

Occur in soft rounded shapes:
— The hills rolled past.

synoniem: undulate.

Nederlands: golven

Flatten or spread with a roller:
— Roll out the paper.

synoniem: roll out.

Nederlands: rollen

Emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound.

Nederlands: walsen

Arrange or or coil around:
— Roll your hair around your finger.

synoniemen: twine, wind, wrap.

Roget 248: be convoluted etc. adj.; wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl; wave, undulate, meander; inosculate^†; entwine, intwine^†; twist, coil, roll; wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill; frizzle; crimp, crape, indent, scollop^†, scallop, wring, intort^†; contort; wreathe etc. (cross) 219.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: omwinden

Begin operating or running.

Shape by rolling.

Execute a roll, in tumbling.

Sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity.

synoniemen: hustle, pluck.

Move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion:
— The waves rolled towards the beach.

synoniemen: flap, undulate, wave.

Roget 314: oscillate; vibrate, librate^†; alternate, undulate, wave; rock, swing; pulsate, beat; wag, waggle; nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy; tick; play; wamble^†, wabble^†; dangle, swag.    fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake; quiver, quaver; shake, flicker; wriggle; roll, toss, pitch; flounder, stagger, totter; move up and down, bob up and down etc. adv.; pass and repass, ebb and flow, come and go; vacillate etc. 605; teeter [U.S.].    brandish, shake, flourish.    ... meer laten zien

Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment:
— They rolled from town to town.

synoniemen: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander ... meer laten zien.

Roget 264: be in motion etc. adj.; move, go, hie, gang, budge, stir, pass, flit; hover about, hover round, hover about; shift, slide, glide; roll, roll on; flow, stream, run, drift, sweep along; wander etc. (deviate) 279; walk etc. 266; change one's place, shift one's place, change one's quarters, shift one's quarters; dodge; keep going, keep moving; put in motion, set in motion; move; impel etc. 276; propel etc. 284; render movable, mobilize.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: rondlopen, vreemdgaan, dolen, wandelen, rondwandelen, dwalen, ronddolen, zwerven

Move, rock, or sway from side to side.

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.

synoniem: revolve.

Nederlands: rollen, oprollen, pletwalsen

Pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/.

Boil vigorously:
— The water rolled.

synoniem: seethe.

Pools: wykipienie

Take the shape of a roll or cylinder.

Show certain properties when being rolled:
— The carpet rolls unevenly.
— Dried-out tobacco rolls badly.

synoniem: roll up.

Nederlands: rollen