move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis

the car rolled down into a ditch

she rolled the ball across the floor

(of a vehicle) move or run on wheels

the van was rolling along the lane

turn (something flexible) over and over on itself to form a cylinder, tube, or ball

he rolled the handkerchief into a ball

flatten (something) by passing a roller over it or by passing it between rollers

roll out the dough on a floured surface

(of a loud, deep sound) reverberate

the first peals of thunder rolled across the sky

rob (someone, typically when they are intoxicated or asleep)

if you don't get drunk, you don't get rolled

a cylinder formed by winding flexible material round a tube or by turning it over and over on itself without folding

a roll of carpet

a movement in which someone or something turns or is turned over on itself

a roll of the dice

a prolonged, deep, reverberating sound

thunder exploded, roll after roll

a very small loaf of bread, to be eaten by one person

soup with a roll

a bacon roll

an official list or register of names

the school had no one by his name on its roll

undulation of the landscape

hidden by the roll of the land was a refinery

a roller for flattening something, especially one used to shape metal in a rolling mill