ROLL OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roll over mean? 

• ROLL OVER (verb)
  The verb ROLL OVER has 3 senses:

1. make a rolling motion or turn

2. negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee

3. re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security

  Familiarity information: ROLL OVER used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROLL OVER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a rolling motion or turn

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

The dog rolled over

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

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "roll over"):

somersault (do a somersault)

tumble (roll over and over, back and forth)

welter (toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

roll over a loan

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

renegociate; renegotiate (revise the terms of in order to limit or regain excess profits gained by the contractor)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

She rolled over her IRA

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

commit; invest; place; put (make an investment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rollover (the act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty)

 Context examples 

Three-month-old babies cannot sit up or roll over, yet they are already capable of learning patterns from simply looking at the world around them, according to a recent Northwestern University study.

(Infants Are Able to Learn Abstract Rules Visually, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Babies with cerebral palsy are often slow to roll over, sit, crawl, smile, or walk.

(Cerebral Palsy, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

Death stalked everywhere, and it was only a matter of time when some one of those many huge seas would fall upon the boat, roll over it, and pass on.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)