roll – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of roll

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to roll sth up
Participle: rolled sth up
Gerund: rolling sth up

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iroll sth up
youroll sth up
he;she;itrolls sth up
weroll sth up
youroll sth up
theyroll sth up

Perfect

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

Past

Irolled sth up
yourolled sth up
he;she;itrolled sth up
werolled sth up
yourolled sth up
theyrolled sth up

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iroll sth up
youroll sth up
he;she;itroll sth up
weroll sth up
youroll sth up
theyroll sth up

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Irolled sth up
yourolled sth up
he;she;itrolled sth up
werolled sth up
yourolled sth up
theyrolled sth up

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youroll sth up
weLet's roll sth up
youroll sth up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)