ROIL


Meaning of ROIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɔɪl ]

( roils, roiling, roiled)

1.

If water roils , it is rough and disturbed. ( mainly AM )

The water roiled to his left as he climbed carefully at the edge of the waterfall.

= churn

VERB : V

2.

Something that roils a state or situation makes it disturbed and confused.

Times of national turmoil generally roil a country’s financial markets.

VERB : V n

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