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According to WordNet, the verb "roll" has 18 sense(s).

201875684 move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas".

200125289 take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well".

200125078 show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly".

200324427 boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled".

201391280 flatten or spread with a roller; "roll out the paper".

201526139 begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling".

202322596 sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity.

201522276 arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child".

202198014 emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums".

201887020 move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds".

201901783 move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach".

200143204 shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette".

201866610 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".

201866192 move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side".

200100410 execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped".

201881180 move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town".

201055978 pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's".

202687251 occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past".

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