Meaning

8 senses
  1. (intransitive, transitive)To dominate by accumulating; to become dominant by accumulating.

    The businessmen rolled up the market by buying most of the major players.

  2. (transitive)To make something into a particular shape, especially cylindrical or fold-like.

    The shopkeeper had to roll up the poster to make it easier to carry.

    When they told you not to fold, spindle, or mutilate a punchcard, the spindling referred to rolling it up.

    aufrollen, zusammenrollen, aufkrempeln

    make into a bundle

  3. To make something into a particular shape, especially cylindrical or fold-like.

    (transitive)To pack up into a bundle or bindle.

    свора́чиватьsvoráčivatʹ, свёртыватьsvjórtyvatʹ, сверну́тьsvernútʹ

  4. (transitive)To create a cigar or cigarette, or a joint.

    The audacity of that man rolling up in court was astounding.

  5. (transitive)To raise (a car window, rolling door, or rolling security barrier).

    The shopkeeper had to roll up the security barrier to open the shop.

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

  6. (intransitive)To roll the dice necessary to create a character for a game, especially a role-playing game.

  7. (intransitive)To arrive by vehicle, usually by car.

    We thought Jim would be late for the wedding, but then we saw him roll up in front of the church in his Mercedes.

    Don't be rolling up to my door without calling ahead.

    arrive in a vehicle:

  8. (transitive)To swap out for a higher strike.

Examples

98 sentences
  1. Roll up your right sleeve.

    Закатайте правий рукав.

    ruЗакатайте правый рукав.

    deKrempele deinen rechten Ärmel hoch!

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  2. Roll your window up.

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  3. Roll up your window.

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  4. Tom rolled up his shirt sleeves.

    ruТом закатал рукава рубашки.

    deTom rollte seine Hemdsärmel hoch.

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  5. Could you roll up your sleeve?

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to make into a bundle:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make something into a cylindrical or fold-like shape:

Origin

The "arrive by vehicle" sense involves the notion of being on wheels (or, similarly, on ta

The "arrive by vehicle" sense involves the notion of being on wheels (or, similarly, on tank treads); it is conceptually coordinate with walk up as in "approach"; thus, both can take to as preposition (e.g., roll up to, walk up to, belly up to).

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Forms

rolls up, rolling up, rolled up, rolled up
Base formroll up · to roll up
3rd person singularrolls up
Present participlerolling up
Past simplerolled up
Past participlerolled up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyroll up
he, she, itrolls up

Past simpleLesson

all personsrolled up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rolled up
he, she, ithas rolled up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill roll up

Phrasal verbs

13 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedroll with

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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