roll – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of roll

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to roll
Participle: rolled
Gerund: rolling

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iroll
youroll
he;she;itrolls
weroll
youroll
theyroll

Perfect

Ihave rolled
youhave rolled
he;she;ithas rolled
wehave rolled
youhave rolled
theyhave rolled

Past

Irolled
yourolled
he;she;itrolled
werolled
yourolled
theyrolled

Pluperfect

Ihad rolled
youhad rolled
he;she;ithad rolled
wehad rolled
youhad rolled
theyhad rolled

Future

Iwill roll
youwill roll
he;she;itwill roll
wewill roll
youwill roll
theywill roll

Future Perfect

Iwill have rolled
youwill have rolled
he;she;itwill have rolled
wewill have rolled
youwill have rolled
theywill have rolled

Subjunctive

Present

Iroll
youroll
he;she;itroll
weroll
youroll
theyroll

Perfect

Ihave rolled
youhave rolled
he;she;ithave rolled
wehave rolled
youhave rolled
theyhave rolled

Imperfect

Irolled
yourolled
he;she;itrolled
werolled
yourolled
theyrolled

Pluperfect

Ihad rolled
youhad rolled
he;she;ithad rolled
wehad rolled
youhad rolled
theyhad rolled

Conditional

Present

Iwould roll
youwould roll
he;she;itwould roll
wewould roll
youwould roll
theywould roll

Perfect

Iwould have rolled
youwould have rolled
he;she;itwould have rolled
wewould have rolled
youwould have rolled
theywould have rolled

Imperative

youroll
weLet's roll
youroll

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam rolling
youare rolling
he;she;itis rolling
weare rolling
youare rolling
theyare rolling

Perfect

Ihave been rolling
youhave been rolling
he;she;ithas been rolling
wehave been rolling
youhave been rolling
theyhave been rolling

Past

Iwas rolling
youwere rolling
he;she;itwas rolling
wewere rolling
youwere rolling
theywere rolling

Pluperfect

Ihad been rolling
youhad been rolling
he;she;ithad been rolling
wehad been rolling
youhad been rolling
theyhad been rolling

Future

Iwill be rolling
youwill be rolling
he;she;itwill be rolling
wewill be rolling
youwill be rolling
theywill be rolling

Future Perfect

Iwill have been rolling
youwill have been rolling
he;she;itwill have been rolling
wewill have been rolling
youwill have been rolling
theywill have been rolling

Conditional

Present

Iwould be rolling
youwould be rolling
he;she;itwould be rolling
wewould be rolling
youwould be rolling
theywould be rolling

Perfect

Iwould have been rolling
youwould have been rolling
he;she;itwould have been rolling
wewould have been rolling
youwould have been rolling
theywould have been rolling

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'roll'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'roll'

boll, coll, droll, loll, poll, proll, rill, roil, rolf, rool,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

turn
revolve, rotate, spin, whirl, wheel, gyrate, bowl
wave
undulate, billow, surge, flow, sway, rock, swing, tilt
envelop
cover, enfold, wrap

Antonyms

turn
stability, unchangeableness, continuity, uniformity

Additional Information

Etymology

1. From Middle English rollen, partly from Old French roller, roler, röeler, röoler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre (“to roll; to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”); partly from Anglo-Latin rollāre, from the same ultimate source.
2. Displaced native English welt and partially displaced English wallow. See: Old French 'roller'.

Verbs referencing "roll"

Scots Gaelic rolaig, Welsh rholio.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] either side, extending down its whole dreary length, was a long, long table, over each of which a rack, fixed to the low roof, and stuck full of drinking-glasses and cruet-stands, hinted dismally at rolling seas and heavy weather. I had not at that time seen the ideal presentment of this chamber which has since gratified me so much, but I observed that one of our friends who had made the arrangements [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] gained the surface, she throws a summerset. The instant she is on her legs, she rushes backward. And so she goes on staggering, heaving, wrestling, leaping, diving, jumping, pitching, throbbing, rolling, and rocking: and going through all these movements, sometimes by turns, and sometimes altogether: until one feels disposed to roar for mercy. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] Atlantic, it is impossible for the most vivid imagination to conceive. To say that she is flung down on her side in the waves, with her masts dipping into them, and that, springing up again, she rolls over on the other side, until a heavy sea strikes her with the noise of a hundred great guns, and hurls her back—that she stops, and staggers, and shivers, as though stunned, and then, with a [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] roll slowly down to the other end ! And when I staggered to that end, and held out the glass once more, how immensely baffled were my good intentions by the ship giving another lurch, and their all rolling back again ! I suppose I dodged them up and down this sofa for at least a quarter of an hour, without reaching them once; and by the time I did catch them, the brandy-and-water was diminished, by [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the meal with a rather mouldy dessert of apples, grapes, and oranges; and drink our wine and brandy-and-water. The bottles and glasses are still upon the table, and the oranges and so forth are rolling about according to their fancy and the ship 's way, when the doctor comes down, by special nightly invitation, to join our evening rubber: immediately on whose arrival we make a party at whist, and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Encountering squally weather again in the Bay of Fundy, we tumbled and rolled about as usual all that night and all next day. On the next afternoon, that is to say, on Saturday, the twenty-second of January, an American pilot-boat came alongside, and soon afterwards the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] say, that one of these invaders, with a ready courtesy for which I thank him here most gratefully, went on before to order rooms at the hotel; and that when I followed, as I soon did, I found myself rolling through the long passages with an involuntary imitation of the gait of Mr. T. P. Cooke, in a new nautical melodrama. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Dar ! ” he said, rolling his eyes with an approving grin; “ me fix ’ em ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Let dis child alone for dat ! ” said Sam, rolling up his eyes with a volume of meaning. “ Lord knows ! High ! Didn't say dat ! ” said he, suddenly catching his breath, with a ludicrous flourish of apprehension, which made his mistress laugh, spite [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Thus, all things considered, Haley, with rather an equivocal grace, proceeded to the parlor, while Sam, rolling his eyes after him with unutterable meaning, proceeded gravely with the horses to the stable-yard. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • "Oho, o! On the silver screen..." " You are unstoppable " [vocables] " The sound of lights, rolling, action... Words that enliven you up " (Geethanjali Malli Vachindi)