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roll up

Dictionary definition · roll up

verb

  1. form into a cylinder by rolling"Roll up the cloth"
  2. get or gather together"I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"
  3. arrive in a vehicle:
  4. make into a bundle"he bundled up his few possessions"
  5. close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle"she rolled up the window when it started to rain"
  6. form a cylinder by rolling"roll up a banner"
  7. show certain properties when being rolled"The carpet rolls unevenly"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).