A grounder that rolls along the infield.

Roget 255: smoothness etc. adj.; polish, gloss; lubricity, lubrication.    [smooth materials] down, velvet, velure, silk, satin; velveteen, velour, velours, velumen^†; glass, ice.    slide; bowling green etc. (level) 213; asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags.    [objects used to smooth other objects] roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill; sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax; polish, shoe polish.    [art of cutting and polishing gemstones] lapidary.    [person who polishes gemstones] lapidary, lapidarian.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 45: vinculum, link; connective, connection; junction etc. 43; bond of union, copula, hyphen, intermedium^†; bracket; bridge, stepping-stone, isthmus.    bond, tendon, tendril; fiber; cord, cordage; riband, ribbon, rope, guy, cable, line, halser^†, hawser, painter, moorings, wire, chain; string etc. (filament) 205.    fastener, fastening, tie; ligament, ligature; strap; tackle, rigging; standing rigging, running rigging; traces, harness; yoke; band ribband, bandage; brace, roller, fillet; inkle^†; with, withe, withy; thong, braid; girder, tiebeam; girth, girdle, cestus^†, garter, halter, noose, lasso, surcingle, knot, running knot; cabestro [U.S.], cinch [U.S.], lariat, legadero^†, oxreim^†; suspenders.    pin, corking pin, nail, brad, tack, skewer, staple, corrugated fastener; clamp, U-clamp, C-clamp; cramp, cramp iron; ratchet, detent, larigo^†, pawl; terret^†, treenail, screw, button, buckle; clasp, hasp, hinge, hank, catch, latch, bolt, latchet^†, tag; tooth; hook, hook and eye; lock, holdfast^†, padlock, rivet; anchor, grappling iron, trennel^†, stake, post.    cement, glue, gum, paste, size, wafer, solder, lute, putty, birdlime, mortar, stucco, plaster, grout; viscum^†.    shackle, rein etc. (means of restraint) 752; prop etc. (support) 215.    ... meer laten zien

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

synoniemen: roll, rolling wave.

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

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

Nederlands: robber

A small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate).

A cylinder that revolves.

Nederlands: rol

A mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it.

synoniemen: crimper, curler, hair curler.

Nederlands: papillot, haarroller, kruller, krulpen, krulspeld, roller
Pools: lokówka

Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers.

Pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground.

synoniemen: tumbler, tumbler pigeon.

Pools: wywrotek mazurski