roll

Pronunciation: /ɹoʊl/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun rotary motion of an object around its own axis
  2. noun a list of names
  3. noun a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

Etymology

From Middle English rollen, partly from Old French roller, roler, röeler, röoler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre (“to roll; to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”); partly from Anglo-Latin rollāre, from the same ultimate source. Displaced native English welt and partially displaced English wallow.

In classic literature

Synonyms

axial rotation, axial motion

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
rotation
Narrower (hyponyms)
wallow

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