(botany) A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.
arle
arlo
arly
arrl
aryl
aryl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any univalent organic radical derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by removing a hydrogen atom.
balr
berl
bglr
birl
birl
noun
(Internet slang, LGBT) A girl of boyish appearance.
(music, bagpipes) A type of grace note movement that quickly switches between low-A and low-G several times, producing a low rippling sound.
verb
(transitive) To cause (a floating log) to rotate by treading on it.
(transitive) To throw down a coin as one's share in a joint contribution.
(transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To spin.
Alternative form of birle (“to drink, carouse”)
bklr
bldr
bler
blur
blur
adj
(Malaysia, Singapore, informal) In a state of doubt or confusion.
noun
(obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
A smear, smudge or blot
Something that appears hazy or indistinct
verb
(graphical user interface, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
(intransitive) To become indistinct.
(obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
To smear, stain or smudge.
burl
burl
noun
A knot or lump in thread or cloth.
A tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner; a burr knot.
Wood of a mottled veneer, usually cut from such a growth.
verb
To remove the knots in cloth.
byrl
byrl
verb
Alternative form of birle
carl
carl
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A stingy person; a niggard.
A rude, rustic man; a churl.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
cirl
cirl
noun
The cirl bunting
clar
cllr
cllr
noun
Abbreviation of councillor.
clrc
crlf
ctrl
ctrl
noun
Alternative form of ctrl. Abbreviation of control.
curl
curl
noun
(American football) A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
(agriculture) Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
(calculus) The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
(calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted rm curl; or ⃑∇⨯⃑(·), that generates this field.
(curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
(music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
(weightlifting) Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
A curved stroke or shape.
A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
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verb
(hat-making) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
(intransitive) To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
(intransitive) To move in curves.
(intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling.
(transitive) To cause to move in a curve.
(transitive) To make into a curl or spiral.
(transitive, weightlifting) To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
dirl
earl
earl
noun
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.
(nobility) A British or Irish nobleman next in rank above a viscount and below a marquess; equivalent to a European count. A female using the style is termed a countess.
eral
erle
farl
farl
noun
(obsolete) A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
Any such cake or bread, now especially an Irish speciality such as a soda farl or potato farl.
verb
Obsolete form of furl.
flor
flor
noun
A film of yeast that develops on the surface of some wines during fermentation, induced deliberately during the production of sherry.
flra
forl
frsl
furl
furl
verb
(transitive) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
girl
girl
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A roebuck two years old.
(US, slang, uncountable) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
(card games, slang, uncommon) A queen (the playing card).
(colloquial) A term of endearment. (see usage notes)
(derogatory) A boy or man who is weak or sentimental.
(sometimes offensive) A woman, especially a young and often attractive woman.
(somewhat childish) A female (tree, gene, etc).
A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.
A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)
A young female animal.
One's daughter.
One's girlfriend.
verb
(somewhat informal) To staff with or as a girl or girls.
(transitive) To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
glar
glor
gurl
gurl
noun
(LGBT slang) Term of address between gay men or transgender women.
(LGBT) A trans girl or woman.
(informal, nonstandard or eye dialect) Alternative form of girl.
verb
(Scotland, Ireland) To growl or snarl.
harl
harl
noun
(Scotland) The act of dragging.
A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, used in dressing artificial flies.
A fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather.
A small quantity; a scraping of anything.
verb
(intransitive, Scotland) To drag oneself along.
(transitive) To surface a building using a slurry of pebbles or stone chips which is then cured using a lime render.
(transitive, Scotland) To drag along the ground.
To troll for fish.
herl
herl
noun
(fishing) an artificial fly made with this barb
(obsolete) a strand of hair
the fibrous shaft or barb of a feather (especially that of the ostrich or peacock) used to make artificial flies for angling
hler
hurl
hurl
noun
(Ulster, Scotland, slang, countable) A conveyance in a wheeled vehicle; a ride in a car, etc.
(countable) A throw, especially a violent throw; a fling.
(hurling, countable) The act of hitting the sliotar with the hurley.
(obsolete) Tumult; riot; hurly-burly.
(obsolete, countable) A table on which fibre is stirred and mixed by beating with a bow spring.
(slang) The act of vomiting.
(slang, uncountable) Vomit.
verb
(Scotland, transitive, obsolete) To convey in a wheeled vehicle.
(intransitive) To participate in the sport of hurling.
(intransitive, slang) To vomit.
(obsolete) To move rapidly with a noise; to whirl.
(obsolete, transitive) To twist or turn.
(transitive) To throw (something) with force.
(transitive) To utter (harsh or derogatory speech), especially at its target.
jarl
jarl
noun
(historical) A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.
jerl
karl
kerl
kerl
noun
Alternative form of carl
kler
kral
kral
noun
Archaic form of kraal.
lair
lair
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off.
(Britain dialectal) A bed or resting place.
(Scotland) A bog; a mire.
(Scotland) A grave; a cemetery plot.
(figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.
A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
Obsolete form of layer.
verb
(Britain) To bury.
(Britain) To lay down.
(Britain) To rest; to dwell.
(intransitive, Scotland) To become mired.
(transitive, Scotland) To mire.
lara
larc
lard
lard
noun
(obsolete) Fatty meat from a pig; bacon, pork.
(slang) Excess fat on a person or animal.
Fat from the abdomen of a pig, especially as prepared for use in cooking or pharmacy.
verb
(cooking) To stuff (meat) with bacon or pork before cooking.
(obsolete, intransitive) To grow fat.
To fatten; to enrich.
To garnish or strew, especially with reference to words or phrases in speech and writing.
To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
To smear with fat or lard.
lare
lare
noun
(obsolete) lore; learning
(obsolete) pasture; feed
Obsolete form of lair.
verb
(obsolete) To feed; to fatten
lari
lari
noun
The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri.
plural of larin
lark
lark
noun
(by extension) One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
A prank.
A romp, frolic, some fun.
Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
verb
To catch larks (type of bird).
To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.
To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
larn
larn
verb
(Northern England, especially Tyneside) To learn.
(Northern England, especially Tyneside) To teach.
Larn yersel te taalk propa like!
lars
lars
noun
Alternative form of Lares.
laur
lcdr
lear
lear
noun
(now Scotland) Learning, lore; doctrine.
(now Scotland) Something learned; a lesson.
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To learn.
(transitive, archaic and Scotland) To teach.
leer
leer
adj
(UK dialectal, obsolete) Thin; faint.
(obsolete) Destitute; lacking; wanting.
(obsolete) Empty; unoccupied; clear.
(obsolete) Faint from lack of food; hungry.
(obsolete) Having no load or burden; free; without a rider.
(obsolete) Lacking sense or seriousness; trifling; frivolous.
noun
(UK dialectal) The flank or loin.
(obsolete) Complexion; hue; colour.
(obsolete) Flesh; skin.
(obsolete) One's appearance; countenance.
(obsolete) The cheek.
(obsolete) The face.
A significant side glance; a glance expressive of some passion, as malignity, amorousness, etc.; a sly or lecherous look.
Alternative form of lehr
An arch or affected glance or cast of countenance.
verb
(intransitive) To look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
(transitive) To entice with a leer or leers.
(transitive, obsolete) To learn.
(transitive, obsolete) To teach.
lehr
lehr
noun
A long oven or kiln, often having a moving belt, used for annealing glass.
leor
lerc
lere
lerp
lerp
noun
(mathematics, computing) Abbreviation of linear interpolation.
(uncountable) A sweet secretion, produced by the larvae of the family Psyllidae, that forms scales on eucalyptus leaves.
One of the lice whose larvae produce this secretion.
verb
(mathematics, computing) To interpolate linearly.
lger
liar
liar
noun
(nautical, obsolete) A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.
One who frequently tells lies.
libr
lier
lier
noun
A lie-abed; one who stays in bed late.
A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
Misspelling of liar.
Obsolete spelling of liar.
lira
lira
noun
A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
Alternative form of lyra
Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs
The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.
The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro
lire
lire
noun
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Flesh, brawn, or muscle; the fleshy part of a person or animal in contradistinction to the bone and skin.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) Face; appearance of the face or skin; complexion; hue.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) The cheek.
(UK dialectal, Scotland) The fleshy part of a roast capon, etc. as distinguished from a limb or joint.
(UK dialectal, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, ornithology) The Manx shearwater (bird).
plural of lira
ller
llyr
loar
loir
loir
noun
(dated) dormouse
lora
lord
lord
noun
(Britain, Australia, via Cockney rhyming slang, obsolete) Sixpence.
(Britain, slang, obsolete) A hunchback.
(archaic) The male head of a household, a father or husband.
(archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
(astrology) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
(historical) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
(obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor
(obsolete, uncommon) A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
A magnate of a trade or profession.
A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)
verb
(intransitive and transitive) Domineer or act like a lord.
(transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.
lore
lore
noun
(anatomy) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
(anatomy) The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
(obsolete) Workmanship.
All the facts and traditions about a particular subject that have been accumulated over time through education or experience.
The backstory created around a fictional universe.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of lese
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of lose
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of lose, used in the sense of "left"
lori
lorn
lorn
adj
(archaic) Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.
(obsolete) Doomed; lost.
verb
(obsolete) past participle of lese.
loro
lors
lory
lour
lour
noun
(figuratively) Of the sky, the weather, etc.: a dark, gloomy, and threatening appearance.
A frown, a scowl; an angry or sullen look.
verb
(intransitive) To frown; to look sullen.
(intransitive, figuratively) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
lrap
lrbm
lrsp
lrss
lsrp
ltvr
lura
lure
lure
noun
(also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
(falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
(music) Alternative form of lur
A velvet smoothing brush.
verb
(intransitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile.
(transitive) To attract fish with a lure.
(transitive, falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure.
lurg
luri
lurk
lurk
noun
(obsolete) A swindle.
The act of lurking.
verb
(Internet slang) To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.
(UK, naval slang, transitive) To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.
To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.
To remain concealed in order to ambush.
To remain unobserved.
lyra
lyra
noun
(anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
A bowed instrument used in folk music in Crete, Greece.
A bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire.
A vertically suspended hoop used in acrobatic performances.
lyre
lyre
noun
(obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.
A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
verb
(rare) to play the lyre
marl
marl
noun
A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.
verb
(nautical) To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.
(transitive) To cover with the earthy substance called marl.
merl
merl
noun
Alternative form of merle (blackbird)
milr
mlar
mler
mrfl
nlrb
nurl
nurl
noun
Alternative spelling of knurl
olar
oler
olor
oral
oral
adj
(pharmacology) Done or taken by the mouth.
(phonetics, of a speech sound) Pronounced by the voice resonating in the mouth, as the vowels in English.
(psychoanalysis, in Freudian theory) Relating to or denoting a stage of infantile psychosexual development during which libidinal gratification is derived from intake (as of food), by sucking, and later by biting.
(relational) Relating to the mouth.
(relational) Spoken rather than written.
(sociolinguistics, of a society) Not having reached the stage of literacy.
Of, relating to, or characterized by personality traits of passive dependency and aggressiveness.
Relating to the transmission of information or literature by word of mouth.
Using speech or the lips especially in teaching the deaf.
noun
(bodybuilding, countable) Ellipsis of oral steroid..
(countable) A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.
(countable, usually in the plural) A physical examination of the mouth.
(uncountable, informal) Ellipsis of oral sex..
orel
orla
orle
orle
noun
(architecture) A fillet under the ovolo of a capital.
(heraldry) A bordure that runs around the outline of a shield without touching the edge.
(heraldry) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest; a torse.
orlo
orlo
noun
(archaic) A Spanish wind instrument, possibly a crumhorn.
orly
ornl
parl
perl
pirl
pirl
noun
A ripple; a twist or curl.
verb
(intransitive) To ripple or swirl, especially of water.
(transitive) To cause to revolve or spin.
(transitive) To twist or wind, especially into a cord or braid etc.
plur
purl
purl
noun
(UK, dialect) A tern.
(archaic) Ale or beer spiced with wormwood or other bitter herbs, regarded as a tonic.
(archaic) Hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices.
A circle made by the motion of a fluid; an eddy; a ripple.
A gentle murmuring sound, such as that produced by the running of a liquid among obstructions.
A particular stitch in knitting; an inversion of stitches giving the work a ribbed or waved appearance.
An embroidered and puckered border; a hem or fringe, often of gold or silver twist; also, a pleat or fold, as of a band.
The edge of lace trimmed with loops.
a heavy or headlong fall; an upset.
verb
(archaic) To upset, to spin, capsize, fall heavily, fall headlong.
(intransitive) To flow with a murmuring sound in swirls and eddies.
(knitting) To use an inverted stitch producing ribbing etc.
To decorate with fringe or embroidered edge
To rise in circles, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle.
rail
rail
noun
(Internet) A vertical section on one side of a web page.
(drugs) A large line (portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug).
(electronics) A conductor maintained at a fixed electrical potential relative to ground, to which other circuit components are connected.
(obsolete) An item of clothing; a cloak or other garment; a dress.
(obsolete) Specifically, a woman's headscarf or neckerchief.
(surfing) One of the lengthwise edges of a surfboard.
A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.
A railroad; a railway, as a means of transportation.
Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.
The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.
verb
(intransitive) To travel by railway.
(obsolete, of a liquid) To gush; to flow.
(transitive) To enclose with rails or a railing.
(transitive) To range in a line.
(transitive, rail transport, of rolling stock) To place on a track.
(transitive, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate in a rough manner.
To complain violently (against, about).
rale
rale
noun
(medicine, now chiefly in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
ralf
rall
rals
raul
rawl
rbtl
real
real
adj
(economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal).
(economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models.
(law) Relating to immovable tangible property.
(mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the points on a line.
(slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners.
Absolute, complete, utter.
Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary.
Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake.
Genuine, unfeigned, sincere.
That has objective, physical existence.
True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
adv
(US, colloquial) Really, very.
noun
(grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages.
(mathematics) A real number.
(obsolete) A realist.
A coin worth one real.
A commodity; see realty.
A unit of currency used in Brazil since 1994. Symbol: R$.
A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942.
Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies.
reel
reel
noun
(agriculture) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
(film) A short compilation of sample film work used as a demonstrative resume in the entertainment industry.
A kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
A lively dance originating in Scotland; also, the music of this dance; often called a Scottish (or Scotch) reel.
A shaky or unsteady gait.
verb
(obsolete) To roll.
(with back) To back off, step away, or sway backwards unsteadily and suddenly.
To be in shock.
To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
To make or cause to reel.
To produce a mechanical insect-like song, as in grass warblers.
To spin or revolve repeatedly.
To unwind, to bring or acquire something by spinning or winding something else.
To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.
To wind on a reel.
refl
refl
adj
(grammar) Abbreviation of reflexive.
reld
rely
rely
verb
(with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend.
repl
rial
rial
noun
(historical) An old gold coin of England.
The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
riel
riel
noun
The monetary unit of Cambodia, equivalent to 100 sen or 10 kak. Symbol: ៛
rile
rile
verb
(in particular) To make angry.
To stir or move from a state of calm or order.
rill
rill
noun
(planetology) Alternative form of rille.
A very small brook; a streamlet; a creek, rivulet.
verb
To trickle, pour, or run like a small stream.
rilm
rlcm
rlds
rlin
rnli
rodl
roil
roil
verb
(dialect, intransitive) To romp.
(intransitive) To bubble, seethe.
(obsolete, intransitive) To wander; to roam.
(transitive, of a fluid, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
(transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
rola
role
role
noun
(grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
(historical) An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.
(object-oriented programming) In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
A character or part played by a performer or actor.
Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and attitudes
The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
The function or position of something.
rolf
rolf
verb
(transitive) To apply the Rolfing massage technique to.
roll
roll
noun
(US, paddlesport) An instance of the act of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
(finance) Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
(nautical) The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
(nautical, aviation) The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
(obsolete) A part; an office; a duty; a role.
(paddlesport) The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
A heavy, reverberatory sound.
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
A swagger or rolling gait.
A training match for a fighting dog.
A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
An official or public document; a register; a record.
One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
That which is rolled up.
The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
verb
(US, slang, intransitive) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.
(chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To compete, especially with vigor.
(chiefly US, Canada, colloquial, intransitive) To leave or begin a journey.
(dice games, intransitive) To throw dice.
(dice games, transitive) To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.
(ergative) To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.
(ergative) To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.
(ergative) To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; — often with forth, or out.
(figurative, intransitive) To perform a periodical revolution; to move onward as with a revolution.
(figurative, intransitive) to move and cause an effect on someone
(geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.
(intransitive) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.
(intransitive) To have a rolling aspect.
(intransitive) To make a loud or heavy rumbling noise.
(intransitive) To move, like waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression.
(intransitive) To spread itself under a roller or rolling-pin.
(intransitive) To tumble in gymnastics; to do a somersault.
(intransitive) To turn over and over.
(intransitive, aviation, nautical, of an aircraft or vessel) To rotate about the fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare pitch.
(intransitive, computing) To generate a random number.
(intransitive, in folk songs) To travel by sailing.
(intransitive, shipping) To load ocean freight cargo onto a vessel other than the one it was meant to sail on.
(intransitive, slang) To betray secrets.
(role-playing games) To create a new character in a role-playing game, especially by using dice to determine properties.
(slang, intransitive) To be under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy).
(transitive) To beat up; to assault.
(transitive) To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
(transitive) To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to enwrap; often with up.
(transitive) To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.
(transitive) To create a customized version of.
(transitive) To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.
(transitive) To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.
(transitive) To utter with an alveolar trill.
(transitive) To wrap (something) round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.
(transitive, US) To enrobe in toilet-paper (as a prank or spectacle).
(transitive, intransitive, of a camera) To (cause to) film.
(transitive, martial arts) To engage in sparring in the context of jujitsu or other grappling disciplines.
(transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution.
(transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.