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concern, involvement, participation; niche, office, post, situation; calling, occupation, pursuit, vocation; activity, assignment, charge, commission, duty, mission, responsibility, service, use

role model noun : a person whose behavior in a particular role is imitated by others

1roll noun [ORIGIN: ME rolle scroll, fr. AF, fr. ML rolla, alter. of rotula, fr. L, dim. of rota wheel]

1 : a document containing an official record

2 : an official list of names

3 : something (as a bun) that is rolled up or rounded as if rolled

4 : something that rolls : ROLLER

Synonyms

catalog, checklist, list, listing, menu, register, registry, roster, schedule, table—more at LIST

2roll verb 1 : to move by turning over and over

2 : to press with a roller

3 : to move on wheels

4 : to sound with a full reverberating tone

5 : to make a continuous beating sound (as on a drum)

6 : to utter with a trill

7 : to move onward as if by completing a revolution

8 : to flow or seem to flow in a continuous stream or with a rising and falling motion

9 : to swing or sway from side to side

10 : to shape or become shaped in rounded form

11 : to move by or as if by turning a crank <~ down the window>

Synonyms

[1] pivot, revolve, rotate, spin, swing, swirl, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl—more at TURN

[4] growl, grumble, lumber, rumble—more at RUMBLE

[8] bowl, breeze, coast, drift, flow, glide, run, sail, skim, slide, slip, stream, sweep, whisk—more at FLOW

[9] careen, lurch, pitch, rock, seesaw, sway, toss, wobble—more at ROCK

[10] agglomerate, ball, conglomerate, round, wad—more at WAD

3roll noun 1 : a sound produced by rapid strokes on a drum

2 : a heavy reverberating sound

3 : a rolling movement or action

4 : a swaying movement (as of a ship)

5 : a somersault made in contact with the ground

roll·back noun : the act or an instance of rolling back

roll back verb 1 : to reduce (as a commodity price) on a national scale

2 : to cause to withdraw : push back

roll bar noun : an overhead metal bar on an automobile designed to protect riders in case the automobile overturns

roll call noun : the act or an instance of calling off a list of names (as of soldiers); also : a time for a roll call

roll·er noun 1 : a revolving cylinder used for moving, pressing, shaping, applying, or smoothing something

2 : a rod on which something is rolled up

3 : a long heavy ocean wave

roll·er coast·er noun : an amusement ride consisting of an elevated railway having sharp curves and steep slopes

roller skate noun : a skate with wheels instead of a runner

— roller–skate verb

— roller skater noun

rol·lick verb : to move or behave in a carefree joyous manner : FROLIC

Synonyms

caper, cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, romp, sport—more at FROLIC

rol·lick·ing adjective : full of fun and good spirits

roly–poly adjective : being short and pudgy : ROTUND

Rom abbreviation 1 Roman

2 Romance

3 Romania; Romanian

4 Romans

ROM noun [ORIGIN: read-only memory]

: a computer memory that contains special-purpose information (as a program) which cannot be altered

ro·maine noun [ORIGIN: F, lit., Roman]

: a garden lettuce with a tall loose head of long crisp leaves

1Roman noun 1 : a native or resident of Rome

2 not cap : roman letters or type

2Roman adjective 1 : of or relating to Rome or the Romans and esp. the ancient Romans

2 not cap : relating to type in which the letters are upright (as in this definition)

3 : of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church

Roman candle noun : a cylindrical firework that discharges balls of fire

Roman Catholic adjective : of, relating to, or being a Christian church led by the pope and having a liturgy centered in the Mass

— Roman Catholicism noun

1romance noun [ORIGIN: ME romauns, fr. AF romanz French, something written in French, tale in verse, fr. ML Romanice in a vernacular language, ultim. fr. L Romanus Roman]

1 : a medieval tale of knightly adventure

2 : a prose narrative