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ROLL UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Show certain properties when being rolled
Example:
dried-out tobacco rolls badly
Synonyms:
roll; roll up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
roll up; wrap up (form a cylinder by rolling)
furl; roll up (form into a cylinder by rolling)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s Adjective
Sense 2
Meaning:
Form a cylinder by rolling
Example:
roll up a banner
Synonyms:
roll up; wrap up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):
change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)
Verb group:
roll; roll up (show certain properties when being rolled)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
unfurl (unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Form into a cylinder by rolling
Example:
Roll up the cloth
Synonyms:
furl; roll up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Verb group:
roll; roll up (show certain properties when being rolled)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "roll up"):
douse (lower quickly)
reef (roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area)
bolt (make or roll into bolts)
brail (take in a sail with a brail)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle
Example:
she rolled up the window when it started to rain
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):
close; shut (move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Make into a bundle
Example:
he bundled up his few possessions
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):
pack (arrange in a container)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Arrive in a vehicle:
Example:
He rolled up in a black Mercedes
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):
arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 7
Meaning:
Get or gather together
Example:
She rolled up a small fortune
Synonyms:
accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):
hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away; store (keep or lay aside for future use)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "roll up"):
run up (pile up (debts or scores))
corral (collect or gather)
collect; pull in (get or bring together)
come up; scrape; scrape up; scratch (gather (money or other resources) together over time)
chunk; lump (put together indiscriminately)
bale (make into a bale)
catch (take in and retain)
fund (accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability)
fund (place or store up in a fund for accumulation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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