| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve, turn; proceed smoothly |
Synonyms: |
alternate, be in sequence, bowl, circle, circumduct, coil, curve, drape, drive, eddy, elapse, enfold, entwine, envelop, flow, fold, follow, furl, go around, go past, gyrate, gyre, impel, pass, pirouette, pivot, propel, reel, rock, rotate, run, spin, spiral, succeed, swaddle, swathe, swing around, swirl, swivel, trundle, twirl, twist, undulate, wheel, whirl, wind, wrap |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spread out |
Synonyms: |
even, flatten, grind, level, press, pulverize, smooth |
Antonyms: |
collect, gather, pile |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thunder, reverberate |
Synonyms: |
bombinate, boom, cannonade, drum, echo, growl, grumble, hum, pattern, quaver, rattle, re-echo, resound, roar, ruffle, rumble, rustle, sound, trill, whirr |
| Main Entry: | roll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rock, sway |
Synonyms: |
billow, drift, flow, glide, heave, incline, jibe, lean, lumber, lurch, pitch, ramble, range, reel, roam, rove, run, stagger, stray, surge, swagger, swing, toss, tumble, undulate, waddle, wallow, wave, welter, yaw |
Antonyms: |
stabilize, steady |
| Main Entry: | rolled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made into a roll |
Synonyms: |
arched, bent, bowed, coiled, convoluted, curled, curved, folded, furled, involute, spiraled, twisted, voluted, wound |
Antonyms: |
spread, straight, unrolled |
| Main Entry: | rolled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flattened |
Synonyms: |
evened, flat, leveled, pressed |
| Concept: | [Repeated and protracted sounds] Roll. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; sound; specific sounds |
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-nouns
roll; drumming; berloque, bombination, rumbling; tattoo; dingdong; tantara; rataplan; whirr; ratatat; rubadub; pitapat; quaver, clutter, charivari, racket; cuckoo; repetition; peal of bells, devil's tattoo; reverberation.
-verbs
roll, drum, rumble, rattle, clatter, patter, clack; bombinate., hum, trill, shake; chime, peal, toll; tick, beat., drum in the ear, din in the ear.
-adjectives
rolling; monotonous (repeated); like a bee in a bottle.
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| Main Entry: | accelerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase speed, timing |
Synonyms: |
advance, drive, dust*, expedite, fire up, forward, further, gun*, hammer on, hasten, hurry, impel, lay a patch, lay rubber, make tracks, nail it, open up, peel rubber, precipitate, put on afterburners, put pedal to metal, quicken, railroad, rev, rev up, roll*, speed up, spur, step on gas, step up, stimulate, tool* |
Antonyms: |
decelerate, defer, hinder, impede, postpone, retard, slow down |
| Main Entry: | beaten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forged |
Synonyms: |
formed, hammered, milled, pounded, rolled, shaped, stamped, tamped, tramped, tramped down, trodden, worked |
| Main Entry: | billow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surge |
Synonyms: |
balloon, belly, bloat, bounce, bulge, ebb and flow, heave, pitch, puff up, ripple, rise and fall, rise up, rock, roll, swell, toss, undulate, wave |