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ROLLED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rolled up and secured
Example:
his rolled umbrella hanging on his arm
Synonyms:
furled; rolled
Classified under:
Similar:
bound (confined by bonds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Uttered with a trill
Example:
she used rolling r's as in Spanish
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
pronounceable (capable of being uttered or pronounced)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
Synonyms:
involute; rolled
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
coiled (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals))
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb roll
Context examples:
The tent was rolled into an awkward bundle three times as large as it should have been.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
He further gave me leave to get into the inside, as the vehicle was empty: I entered, was shut in, and it rolled on its way.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He rolled his eyes round heavily, but he was too far gone to express surprise.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Garcia rolled it up and threw it into the fire.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Abbot had rolled ten silver crowns in a lettuce-leaf and hid them away in the bottom of his scrip, but that would be a sorry support for twelve long months.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Van Helsing's face almost beamed, and as we lifted her from the bath and rolled her in a hot sheet to dry her he said to me:—The first gain is ours!
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Recently rolled into the Office of Communications.
(Office of Liaison Activities, NCI Thesaurus)
A pin that is formed as a rolled sheet and acts to provide a retaining force on the part through which it is inserted.
(Motor Roll Pin Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
They rolled on the ground together.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
To the best of my belief, they were rolled up.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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