Roll Up

Pronunciation: /roʊl ʌp/

Definitions of roll up

noun a movement or action of rolling something up

Example Sentences

A1 I bought a roll up at the bakery for breakfast.

A2 She always brings a roll up for lunch when we go hiking.

B1 The sushi restaurant offers a delicious roll up with seaweed and rice.

B2 The food truck is known for their creative roll up combinations.

C1 The chef prepared a gourmet roll up with truffle oil and foie gras.

C2 The new restaurant's signature dish is a lobster roll up with caviar.

verb to move or cause to move in a circular manner in order to form a cylinder or ball

Example Sentences

A1 I like to roll up my sleeves before I start working.

A2 She rolled up the window to keep the rain out of the car.

B1 The students were asked to roll up their mats after the yoga class.

B2 The chef showed us how to roll up sushi using a bamboo mat.

C1 The protesters decided to roll up their banners and call it a day.

C2 He rolled up his sleeves and got to work on the project immediately.

Examples of roll up in a Sentence

formal Please remember to roll up the sleeves of your shirt before entering the laboratory.

informal Hey, could you roll up your jeans a bit? They're dragging on the ground.

slang Let's roll up to the party and see what's going on.

figurative It's time to roll up our sleeves and get to work on this project.

Grammatical Forms of roll up

• past tense: rolled up
• plural: roll ups
• comparative: more rolled up
• superlative: most rolled up
• present tense: roll up
• future tense: will roll up
• perfect tense: have rolled up
• continuous tense: rolling up
• singular: roll up
• positive degree: rolled up
• infinitive: to roll up
• gerund: rolling up
• participle: rolled up

Origin and Evolution of roll up

First Known Use: 1250 year

Language of Origin: Old English and Middle English

Story behind the word: The term 'roll up' originated from Old English and Middle English, where 'roll' referred to the action of rolling or turning something up, and 'up' indicated the direction of the movement.

Evolution of the word: Over time, 'roll up' has evolved to also mean to gather or accumulate something by rolling or folding it up, such as rolling up a piece of paper or rolling up a carpet. It is commonly used in various contexts to describe the act of collecting or putting things together in a compact form.