roll(3) (iou) and vaso- (medicine)

roll(3) (iou)

roll verb. . ME.
[Old French rol(l)er, (also mod.) rouler from Proto-Romance, from Latin rotulus ROLL noun1.]
a. verb intrans. Turn over and over; revolve (as) on an axis; spec. (N. Amer.) (of a car etc.) overturn. Freq. with adverbs. ME.
B. Bainbridge She wasn't rolling about in the gutter with a bottle of meths. P. Carey As the..car slid sideways, she thought..it would roll. S. Cooper She rolled over in the still water. M. Forster She liked her baby to have..liberty to roll around.
b. verb trans. Turn over and over; turn over and over in something or between two surfaces; cause to revolve (as) on an axis; spec. (N. Amer.) overturn (a car etc.). LME.
J. Dickey I went back to the man on the ground..and rolled him on to his back.
c. verb trans. & intrans. Turn over in the mind. LME.
d. verb trans. & intrans. (Cause to) change direction by a rotary movement, rotate partially. LME.
H. B. Stowe Rolling up his eyes, and giving..droll glances. J. Irving Her eyes were almost completely rolled up into her head.
e. verb intrans. Wallow or luxuriate in; have plenty of (esp. money). Foll. by in. L15.
f. verb intrans. Centre on a subject etc. E18.
a. verb intrans. Move or go forward by turning over and over or revolving (as) on an axis. Freq. with adverbs. LME.
J. Steinbeck Candy rolled to the edge of his bunk. J. M. Coetzee He knocked over an empty bottle which rolled away. F. Kaplan Tears rolled down his cheeks.
b. verb trans. Cause to move or go forward by turning over and over or by revolving (as) on an axis; spec. throw (a die or dice), obtain (a specified score) in doing this. LME.
N. Tinbergen A gull rolls a misplaced egg back into its nest.
c. verb trans. Drive, push, or draw (a wheeled vehicle); convey in a wheeled vehicle (now Scot.); move by means of rollers. E16.
G. Vidal His secretary rolled a portable bar toward us.
d. verb intrans. (Of a vehicle) move or run on wheels; (of a person etc.) be conveyed in a wheeled vehicle; fig. (of time etc.) go by, elapse. Also (colloq.), start moving. E16.
M. L. King We waited for the next bus. In fifteen minutes it rolled down the street.
e. verb intrans. & trans. Of a celestial object: perform a periodical revolution; traverse (a distance) in doing this. E17.
f. verb trans. & intrans. Esp. in Cinematography. (Cause to) begin action or operation. M20.
g. verb trans. & intrans. Display or be displayed moving on a cinema or Television screen (as) on a roller. M20.
R. Rayner The camera shows..the fear on her face, and the end credits roll.
verb intrans. (Of the sea, a river, etc.) flow with an undulating motion, heave or surge onwards; move or advance with an undulating or a wavelike motion; (of smoke etc.) ascend or descend in rolls or curls. LME.
J. Raban Breakers were rolling in from the open Atlantic. P. D. James Storm clouds..were rolling in from the West.
b. verb trans. Carry or propel with an undulating motion; cause (smoke etc.) to ascend or descend in rolls. M17.
c. verb intrans. fig. Pour in; flow in plentifully. E18.
d. verb intrans. Of land: undulate; extend in gentle falls and rises. Chiefly as ROLLING adjective. E19.
verb intrans. Wander, roam. LME.
verb trans. Turn (a thing) round on itself or about an axis; form into a more or less cylindrical or spherical shape by doing this; make by forming material into a cylinder or ball. Also foll. by up. LME.
A. Carter Her sleeves were rolled up, revealing forearms of great strength. Rolling Stone Loretta wets her hair..and rolls it on..curlers. M. Moorcock He tries to roll a cigarette out of newspaper and tea-leaves.
b. verb intrans. Form into a roll; curl up into a specified shape. Also foll. by up. LME.
T. Hood The wood-louse dropped and rolled into a ball.
c. verb trans. Form into a mass. M16.
E. Waugh He rolled the cable..into a ball and threw it into the corner.
verb trans. Wrap or envelop in something. Also foll. by up. LME.
C. Reade Gerard rolled himself in the bed-clothes.
verb trans. Flatten, level, or form by passing a roller etc. over or by passing between rollers. Also foll. by out. LME.
E. Bowen The curate, rolling the cricket-pitch in the Rectory field. Betty Smith Sissy took a ball of..dough, rolled it flat with the rolling-pin.
b. verb trans. Of flowing water: make (stone or rock) smooth and round by attrition. Chiefly as rolled ppl adjective. E19.
c. verb intrans. Turn out or out after being flattened or levelled. E19.
a. verb intrans. Move or sail with an irregular, swaying, or rocking motion; transf. walk with an unsteady swaying gait. L15.
B. Bainbridge He rolled walrus-Fashion along the path.
b. verb intrans. (Of a boat or vehicle) sway to and fro on an axis parallel to the direction of motion. (Of an aircraft) turn about its longitudinal axis. E17.
E. Waugh The ship rolled heavily in an apparently calm sea.
c. verb trans. Cause to sway to and fro. E19.
d. verb trans. Rob (esp. someone drunk, drugged, or sleeping). slang. L19.
a. verb intrans. (Of thunder etc.) reverberate; produce a deep continuous reverberating sound; (of language, sound, etc.) flow in deep or mellow tones. E16.
M. Muggeridge The..Scottish voice with the R's rolling..like thunder. N. Sahgal Fluent phrases..rolled off his tongue. W. Horwood Behind him distant thunder rolled.
b. verb trans. Utter or articulate with a reverberating, vibratory, or trilling effect; spec. pronounce (a consonant, esp. r) with a trill. M16.
Hugh Walpole Although she rolled her r's her Glebeshire accent was not..strong. W. Gass I roll the words on my..tongue.
verb intrans. [translating Hebrew galal.] In biblical use: rely on God. M16-M17.
US.
a. verb intrans. Play bowls. M19.
b. verb trans. Bowl (a game making a specified score, a number of strikes). L20.
Phrases: be rolling (in it) colloq. be very rich. have people rolling in the aisles: see AISLE 2. heads will roll: see HEAD noun. keep the ball rolling: see BALL noun1 2. rolled gold: in the form of a thin coating applied to a baser metal by rolling. roll in the hay: see HAY noun1. rolled into one combined into one person or thing. rolled oats: which have been husked and crushed. roll the bones US slang play dice. roll with the punches (of a boxer) move the body away from an opponents's blows in order to lessen the impact; fig. adapt oneself to difficult circumstances. start the ball rolling: see BALL noun1 2.
With adverbs in specialized senses: roll back N. Amer. reduce, cause (esp. prices) to decrease. roll in (a) Computing transfer (data) from an auxiliary store to a main memory when required; (cf. roll out below); (b) (of Audio apparatus) exhibit a response increasing smoothly from zero with increasing signal frequency; (cf. roll off below). roll off (a) (of Audio apparatus) exhibit a response decreasing smoothly to zero with increasing signal frequency; (b) cause (the frequency response of Audio apparatus) to decrease smoothly at the end of its range; (cf. roll in above). roll on (a) put on or apply by rolling; (b) roll on , may come or happen soon; (see also sense 2d above). roll out (a) US colloq. get out of bed, get up; (b) Computing transfer (data) from a main memory to an auxiliary store when a program of greater priority requires the former; (cf. roll in above). roll over (a) send (a person) sprawling or rolling; (b) Economics finance the repayment of (maturing stock etc.) by the issue of new stock. roll up (a) colloq. congregate, assemble; arrive, appear on the scene; (b) Military drive the flank of (an enemy line) back and round so that the line is shortened or surrounded; (c) roll up one's sleeves: see SLEEVE noun; (see also senses 5, 5b, 6 above).
Comb.: rollaway noun & adjective (a bed) that may be removed on wheels or castors; roll-back (a) the action or an act of rolling backwards; (b) N. Amer. a reduction or decrease, esp. in price; roll-in/roll-out Computing the process of switching data between main and auxiliary memories in order to process several tasks simultaneously; paging; roll-off (a) in ten-pin bowling, a game to resolve a tie; (b) the smooth fall of response with frequency of a piece of Audio equipment at the end of its range; (cf. roll off above); roll-out (a) the official wheeling out of a new aircraft or spacecraft; transf. the official introduction of new equipment etc.; (b) the part of a landing during which an aircraft travels along the runway losing speed; (c) Amer. Football a play in which a quarterback moves out from the blockers before attempting to pass; roll-over (a) colloq. the overturning of a vehicle etc.; (b) Economics the extension or transfer of a Debt or Other financial relationship; spec. reinvestment of money realized on the maturing of Stocks etc.; (c) a facility on an electronic keyboard enabling one or several keystrokes to be registered correctly while another key is depressed; roll-top adjective & noun (a) adjective (esp. of a desk) having a flexible cover sliding in curved grooves; (b) noun (the flexible cover of) a roll-top desk; rollway US (a) a slope made for rolling logs down into water; (b) a pile of logs on a river-bank awaiting transportation; roll-your-own colloq. a hand-rolled cigarette.
rolla'bility noun ability to roll, ease of rolling L20.
rollable adjective able to be rolled E18.
rolly adjective (rare) characterized by rolling L19.

vaso- (medicine)

vaso-
Vas, blood vessel.

See: vas-, vasculo-.

Origin: L. Vas, a vessel

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