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ROLL OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flatten or spread with a roller
Example:
roll out the paper
Synonyms:
roll; roll out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "roll out" is one way to...):
flatten (make flat or flatter)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "roll out"):
cog (roll steel ingots)
mill (roll out (metal) with a rolling machine)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Straighten by unrolling
Example:
roll out the big map
Synonyms:
roll out; straighten
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "roll out" is one way to...):
disentangle; unwind (separate the tangles of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
