Roil

/ˈɹɔɪl/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive, of a fluid, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, of a fluid, especially a liquid) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
2. (transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
3. (intransitive) To bubble, seethe.
4. (intransitive) To romp or tumble.

Example Sentences

to roil wine, cider, etc, in casks or bottles

to roil a spring

dust storms roiling the skies

[of St Leonards in East Sussex in 1947] A sort of roiling mist seemed year-round to hold the town in its grip.

That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him exceedingly.

[…] 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.

By noon, Brian's stomach had begun to roil and knot. He hurried down to the bathroom at the end of the hall in his stocking feet, closed the door, and vomited into the toilet bowl as quietly as he could.

Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.

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• roils
• roiling
• roiled

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