Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
roll .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective rolled up and secured
- adjective uttered with a trill
- adjective especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
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Examples
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Then, again, grains are rolled and crushed, as, for example, _cracked wheat_ and _rolled oats.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads
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_standing rib roast_ or taken out and the meat then rolled and fastened together with skewers to make a _rolled roast_.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish
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The word rolled right out, like a marble from a jar, a single syllable, irretrievable, irrevocable.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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My pulse jumped at the delicious way my name rolled off his tongue.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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The word rolled right out, like a marble from a jar, a single syllable, irretrievable, irrevocable.
Shortcut Man P. G. Sturges 2011
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My pulse jumped at the delicious way my name rolled off his tongue.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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She liked the way her name rolled off his tongue, as if he were savoring every letter.
At Hidden Falls Barbara Freethy 2011
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She liked the way her name rolled off his tongue, as if he were savoring every letter.
At Hidden Falls Barbara Freethy 2011
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His name rolled off her silken tongue and made his heart grin.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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His name rolled off her silken tongue and made his heart grin.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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