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ROLL UP

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Show certain properties when being rolled

Example:

dried-out tobacco rolls badly

Synonyms:

roll; roll up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

roll up; wrap up (form a cylinder by rolling)

furl; roll up (form into a cylinder by rolling)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s Adjective

Sense 2

Meaning:

Form a cylinder by rolling

Example:

roll up a banner

Synonyms:

roll up; wrap up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):

change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)

Verb group:

roll; roll up (show certain properties when being rolled)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

unfurl (unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Form into a cylinder by rolling

Example:

Roll up the cloth

Synonyms:

furl; roll up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):

change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)

Verb group:

roll; roll up (show certain properties when being rolled)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "roll up"):

douse (lower quickly)

reef (roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area)

bolt (make or roll into bolts)

gather in; take in (fold up)

brail (take in a sail with a brail)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle

Example:

she rolled up the window when it started to rain

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):

close; shut (move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Make into a bundle

Example:

he bundled up his few possessions

Synonyms:

bundle; bundle up; roll up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):

pack (arrange in a container)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Arrive in a vehicle:

Example:

He rolled up in a black Mercedes

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):

arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 7

Meaning:

Get or gather together

Example:

She rolled up a small fortune

Synonyms:

accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "roll up" is one way to...):

hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away; store (keep or lay aside for future use)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "roll up"):

run up (pile up (debts or scores))

corral (collect or gather)

collect; pull in (get or bring together)

come up; scrape; scrape up; scratch (gather (money or other resources) together over time)

chunk; lump (put together indiscriminately)

bale (make into a bale)

catch (take in and retain)

fund (accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability)

fund (place or store up in a fund for accumulation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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