ROLL DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roll down mean? 

• ROLL DOWN (verb)
  The verb ROLL DOWN has 1 sense:

1. gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

  Familiarity information: ROLL DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROLL DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

avalanche; roll down

Hypernyms (to "roll down" is one way to...):

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

The only effect was that the larger ones became detached and threatened to roll down the gradient and crush us.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)