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ROLLED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rolled mean?
• ROLLED (adjective)
The adjective ROLLED has 3 senses:
1. especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
2. uttered with a trill
3. rolled up and secured
Familiarity information: ROLLED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
Synonyms:
involute; rolled
Similar:
coiled (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals))
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Uttered with a trill
Synonyms:
Context example:
she used rolling r's as in Spanish
Similar:
pronounceable (capable of being uttered or pronounced)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Rolled up and secured
Synonyms:
furled; rolled
Context example:
his rolled umbrella hanging on his arm
Similar:
bound (confined by bonds)
Context examples
Henry rolled over angrily on his side, but was surprised that Bill made no similar display of temper.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
So little Marleen went, and said, “Brother, give me that apple,” but he did not say a word; then she gave him a box on the ear, and his head rolled off.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
He did not move for a long while; then he rolled over on his side, wound his watch, and lay there until morning.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The act of inhaling smoke from dried tobacco that is rolled up and called a cigar.
(Cigar Smoking, NCI Thesaurus)
The fingers spread slightly, falling apart of their own weight, and the pencil rolled away.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The Silver Shoes took but three steps, and then she stopped so suddenly that she rolled over upon the grass several times before she knew where she was.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
They both rolled on to their feet in an untidy sort of manner, when we came in, and said, “Halloa, Murdstone! We thought you were dead!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He rolled up his shirt-sleeve and compared the white underside if the arm with his face.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It was an Indian cigar, of the variety which are rolled in Rotterdam.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It rolled a bit, perhaps, but that is allowed.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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