rolled Definitie in het Nederlands

• 0 past simple and past participle of roll --

• 1 to (cause something to) move somewhere by turning over and over or from side to side: --

  • When he suggested they should buy a new car, she rolled her eyes in disbelief.

  • Just as the television cameras started rolling, it began to pour down with rain.

  • The piano's on wheels, so we can roll it into the room.

  • A wave of cigarette smoke rolled towards me.

  • A tear rolled down his cheek.

  • I rolled the wheel along the side of the road back to the car.

  • The dog rolled over onto its back.

  • The vase rolled off the edge of the table and smashed.

• 2 to (cause something to) turn over onto itself to form the shape of a ball or a tube: --

  • We rolled back the carpet to see the floorboards.

  • As I got closer, the hedgehog rolled itself (up) into a ball.

  • He rolled the clay into a ball in his hands.

• 3 to make something smooth and flat: --

  • When you have rolled (out) the pastry, place it in a pie dish.

  • [ + obj + adj ] She borrowed a garden roller to roll the grass flat.

• 4 to make a continuous, repeated, deep sound: --

  • When you speak Spanish you roll your r's.

  • The drums rolled as the acrobat walked along the tightrope.