"roil" meaning in English

See roil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɹɔɪl/ [General-American, UK] Audio: en-us-roil.ogg , en-au-roil.ogg Forms: roils [present, singular, third-person], roiling [participle, present], roiled [participle, past], roiled [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪl Etymology: Origin uncertain. Possibly from French or Middle French rouiller (“to rust, make muddy”), from Old French rouil (“mud, rust”), from Vulgar Latin *robicula, from Latin robigo (“rust, blight”) Etymology templates: {{unc|en|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|en|fr|-}} French, {{der|en|frm|rouiller||to rust, make muddy}} Middle French rouiller (“to rust, make muddy”), {{der|en|fro|rouil||mud, rust}} Old French rouil (“mud, rust”), {{der|en|VL.|*robicula}} Vulgar Latin *robicula, {{der|en|la|robigo||rust, blight}} Latin robigo (“rust, blight”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} roil (third-person singular simple present roils, present participle roiling, simple past and past participle roiled)
  1. (transitive, of a fluid, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of. Tags: transitive Synonyms: agitate, stir, stir up Translations (render turbid): պղտորել (pġtorel) (Armenian), թափահարել (tʻapʻaharel) (Armenian), խառնակել (xaṙnakel) (Armenian), мътя (mǎtja) (Bulgarian), размътвам (razmǎtvam) (Bulgarian), 徹底攪拌 (Chinese Mandarin), 彻底搅拌 (chèdǐjiǎobàn) (Chinese Mandarin), rozvířit [perfective] (Czech), zvířit [perfective] (Czech), vertroebelen (Dutch), hämmentää (Finnish), samentaa (Finnish), troubler (French), trüben (German), felkavar (Hungarian), intorbidare (Italian), rendere torbido (Italian), 濁らせる (nigoraseru) (alt: にごらせる) (Japanese), turvar (Portuguese), turbar (Portuguese), мути́ть (mutítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), взмути́ть (vzmutítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), замути́ть (zamutítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), взба́лтывать (vzbáltyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), взболта́ть (vzboltátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), enturbiar (Spanish), khuấy (Vietnamese)
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  2. (transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord. Tags: transitive Synonyms: irritate, rile, rile up, stir up Translations (to annoy): գրգռել (grgṙel) (Armenian), ջղայնացնել (ǰġaynacʻnel) (Armenian), дразня (draznja) (Bulgarian), 惹怒 (Chinese Mandarin), rozvířit [perfective] (Czech), rozbouřit [perfective] (Czech), storen (Dutch), ergeren (Dutch), kwaad maken (Dutch), ärsyttää (Finnish), énerver (French), irriter (French), fâcher (French), ärgern (German), irritar (Portuguese), incomodar (Portuguese), importunar (Portuguese), enerva (Romanian), irita (Romanian), supăra (Romanian), раздража́ть (razdražátʹ) (Russian), серди́ть (serdítʹ) (Russian), molestar (Spanish), enfurecer (Spanish), irritera (Swedish), reta upp (Swedish), chọc tức (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-roil-en-verb-vIFh4RM7 Disambiguation of 'to annoy': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. (intransitive) To bubble, seethe. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-roil-en-verb-ls~w~gOS
  4. (obsolete, intransitive) To wander; to roam. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-roil-en-verb-BSCDYgyl
  5. (dialect, intransitive) To romp. Tags: dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-roil-en-verb-HNpZ-veZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: roiler, roily

Inflected forms

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          "text": "to roil wine, cider, etc, in casks or bottles",
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          "text": "to roil a spring",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "dust storms roiling the skies",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "2015, David Hare, chapter 1, in The Blue Touch Paper:",
          "text": "[of St Leonards in East Sussex in 1947] A sort of roiling mist seemed year-round to hold the town in its grip.",
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        "To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of."
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        "(transitive, of a fluid, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of."
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          "word": "stir up"
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          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "pġtorel",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "պղտորել"
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tʻapʻaharel",
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          "word": "թափահարել"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "xaṙnakel",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "խառնակել"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mǎtja",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "мътя"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razmǎtvam",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "размътвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "徹底攪拌"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chèdǐjiǎobàn",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "彻底搅拌"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "rozvířit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "zvířit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "vertroebelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "hämmentää"
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "samentaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "troubler"
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "trüben"
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        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "felkavar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "intorbidare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "rendere torbido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "alt": "にごらせる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nigoraseru",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "濁らせる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "turvar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "turbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mutítʹ",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "мути́ть"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vzmutítʹ",
          "sense": "render turbid",
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          "word": "взмути́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zamutítʹ",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "замути́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vzbáltyvatʹ",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "взба́лтывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vzboltátʹ",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "взболта́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "enturbiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 5 2 6 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "render turbid",
          "word": "khuấy"
        }
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          "ref": "1890, Roger North, Lives of the Norths:",
          "text": "That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him exceedingly.",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time:",
          "text": "[…] and amid Musk’s sale of 10% of his Tesla stock, a process that roiled markets, cost him billions and should produce enough tax revenue to fund the Commerce Department for a year.",
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        "To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord."
      ],
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        "(transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord."
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      "raw_tags": [
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          "word": "irritate"
        },
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        {
          "word": "rile up"
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          "word": "stir up"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "grgṙel",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "գրգռել"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ǰġaynacʻnel",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "ջղայնացնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "draznja",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "дразня"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "惹怒"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "rozvířit"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "rozbouřit"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "storen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "ergeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "kwaad maken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "ärsyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "énerver"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "irriter"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "fâcher"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "ärgern"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "irritar"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to annoy",
          "word": "incomodar"
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        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozbouřit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "storen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "ergeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "kwaad maken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "ärsyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "énerver"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "irriter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "fâcher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "ärgern"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "irritar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "incomodar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "importunar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "enerva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "irita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "supăra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razdražátʹ",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "раздража́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "serdítʹ",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "серди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "molestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "enfurecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "irritera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "reta upp"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to annoy",
      "word": "chọc tức"
    }
  ],
  "word": "roil"
}

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