To move by turning on the surface, or with a circular motion in which all parts of the surface are successively applied to a plane; as, to roll a barrel or puncheon; to roll a stone or ball. Sisyphus was condemned to roll a stone to the top of a hill, which, when he had done so, rolled down again, and thus his punishment was eternal.

To revolve; to turn on its axis; as, to roll a wheel or a planet.

To move in a circular direction. To dress, to troll the tongue and roll the eye.

To wrap round on itself; to form into a circular or cylindrical body; as, to roll a piece of cloth; to roll a sheet of paper; to roll parchment; to roll tobacco.

To enwrap; to bind or involve in a bandage or the like.

To form by rolling into round masses.

To drive or impel any body with a circular motion, or to drive forward with violence or in a stream. The ocean rolls its billows to the shore. A river rolls its water to the ocean.

To spread with a roller or rolling pin; as, to roll paste.

To produce a periodical revolution. Heav’n shone and roll’d her motions.

To press or level with a roller; as, to roll a field. To roll one’s self, to wallow. Micah 1:10.

To move by turning on the surface, or with the successive application of all parts of the surface to a plane; as, a ball or a wheel rolls on the earth; a body rolls on an inclined plane.

To move, turn or run on an axis; as a wheel.

To run on wheels. And to the rolling chair is bound.

To revolve; to perform a periodical revolution; as the rolling year. Ages roll away.

To turn; to move circularly: . And his red eyeballs roll with living fire.

To float in rough water; to be tossed about. Twice ten tempestuous nights I roll’d - .

To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swells and depressions. Waves roll on waves.

To fluctuate; to move tumultuously. What diffrent sorrows did within thee roll.

To be moved with violence; to be hurled. Down they fell by thousands, angel on archangel roll’d.

To be formed into a cylinder or ball; as, the cloth rolls well.