roil
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Verb
roiled, past participle; roiled, past tense; roils, 3rd person singular present; roiling, present participle;
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roiled, past participle; roiled, past tense; roils, 3rd person singular present; roiling, present participle;
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Make (a liquid) turbid or muddy by disturbing the sediment
- - winds roil these waters
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(of a liquid) Move in a turbulent, swirling manner
- - the sea roiled below her
- - a kind of fear roiled in her
Web Definitions:
- churn: be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
- make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
- (roiled) annoyed: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"
- (roiling) churning: (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids"
- ROiL is a performance art troupe started in Portland, Maine now also based in Ithaca, New York and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "ROiL" is not an acronym; it is a verb meaning "to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment"
- (Roiled) Governed by a French king. - Joseph Leff
- verb - 1. to make (a liquid) cloudy, muddy, or unsettled by stirring up sediment 2. to stir up; agitate 3. to make angry or irritable; rile