roll
part of speech
verb (roll, rolls, rolled, rolling); noun (a roll, rolls)
meaning for a pupil
1) To roll is to turn over and over, like a ball moving along the ground. tree →
2) To roll is to move on wheels: the car rolled down the hill. tree →
3) A roll is a small round bread. tree →
4) A roll is a long piece of paper, tape, film or cloth wound up into a tube shape. tree →
5) To roll dice is to throw them. tree →
6) A roll is a list of names: the class roll. tree →
7) A roll is a long deep sound: a roll of thunder, a drum roll. tree →
8) To roll can also mean to move forward steadily, like a wave. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it means to move a heavy stone off a well's mouth, a job needing many shepherds together. In the Prophets it also means a scroll, as in the roll Ezekiel ate and the flying roll Zechariah saw, and to roll oneself in dust as a sign of grief. Interpretation: Tradition reads Ezekiel's eating of the roll as taking God's words into himself, which tasted sweet though they carried sad news. Zechariah's flying roll is read as a picture of God's law going out over the land to judge thieves and liars. In the primary lessons: In maths: things counted (bread rolls, rolls of paper, tape or film); rolling dice or a ball; probability with dice. In science: round things roll; slopes make things roll faster; friction slows them. In everyday life: «roll up your sleeves», taking the roll (register) at school, rolls of toilet paper. In stories: a roll of thunder, «let's roll».
examples
- And they said: 'We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.' (Torah GEN.29.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that roll. (Prophets EZK.3.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold a flying roll. (Prophets ZEC.5.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust. (Prophets MIC.1.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- She bought 12 dinner rolls. tree →
- Each roll of tape is 30 meters long. tree →
- He rolled a 6 on the die. tree →
- A roll of stickers has 50 stickers. tree →
- The ball rolled down the hill. tree →
- Roll the dough into a long snake. tree →
- The teacher called the roll. tree →
- There was a roll of thunder. tree →
- Roll up your sleeves before you wash the paint pots. tree →
- Now a wave came rolling onward. tree →
note
«A roll of X» is a container with a fixed amount, so total = rolls × amount per roll. Trap: «rolled a 4» is a number shown on a die, not a count of things. A normal die has 6 sides (1 to 6), so the chance of a 6 is 1 out of 6. Homophone: role (a part in a play).
In the corpora
- And Joshua said: 'Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them;
- For every boot stamped with fierceness, and every cloak rolled in blood, shall even be for burning, for fuel of fire.
- So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe.
- Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated the king not to burn the roll; but he would not hear them.
- So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat that roll.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «roll» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.