a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
(stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
walking with a swaying gait
anything rolled up in cylindrical form
photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
a list of names; "his name was struck off the rolls"
execute a roll, in tumbling; "The gymnasts rolled and jumped"
show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
take the shape of a roll or cylinder; "the carpet rolled out"; "Yarn rolls well"
shape by rolling; "roll a cigarette"
pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/; "She rolls her r's"
begin operating or running; "The cameras were rolling"; "The presses are already rolling"
move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"
cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"
move, rock, or sway from side to side; "The ship rolled on the heavy seas"
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion; "The curtains undulated"; "the waves rolled towards the beach"
emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound; "The thunder rolled"; "rolling drums"
occur in soft rounded shapes; "The hills rolled past"
the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"
a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the school's history"
the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future; "all of human history"
a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule"
a particular complex anatomical part; "he has good bone structure"
the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure"
give a structure to; "I need to structure my days"