(Homonym: role).
1. To shape by coiling.
2. To rotate or cause to rotate; SYN. revolve, turn over.
3. To occur in soft rounded shapes; SYN. undulate.
4. To emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound.
5. To pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/.
6. To execute a roll, in tumbling.
7. To begin operating or running.
ETYM See Wire (n.).
1. To fasten with wire.
2. To provide with electrical circuits, as of a house or a car.
3. To string on a wire, as of beads.