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faire rouler — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.

Senses

faire rouler is used for these senses in English:

  • roll (ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
  • roll (geometry) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.

roll — full definition

  1. verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.
  2. verb To form something into a cylindrical or spherical shape by turning it over on itself.
  3. verb To begin or set something in motion, especially filming or an event.
  4. noun A small individually baked piece of bread.
  5. noun A cylindrical bundle of something rolled up.

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