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roil  (roil)

v. roiled, roil·ing, roils

v.tr.

1. To make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment.

2. To displease or disturb; vex: My roommate's off-putting habits began to roil me.

v.intr.

To be in a state of turbulence or agitation.

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roil [rɔɪl]

vb

1. (tr) to make (a liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up dregs or sediment

2. (intr) (esp of a liquid) to be agitated or disturbed

3. (intr) Dialect to be noisy or boisterous

4. (tr) another word (now rare) for rile [1]

[of unknown origin; compare rile]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	roil - be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" churn, moil, boil seethe, roll - boil vigorously; "The liquid was seething"; "The water rolled" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	2.	roil - make turbid by stirring up the sediments of rile raise up, commove, disturb, stir up, vex, shake up, agitate - change the arrangement or position of muddle, puddle - make into a puddle; "puddled mire"

Translations

roil [rɔɪl] (esp US)

A. VI [water] → enturbiarse

B. VT (fig) → agitar
to roil the waters → enturbiar or agitar las aguas

roil (esp US)

vi (= churn: water) → strudeln

vt (fig) → in Aufruhr bringen; to roil the waters → für Unruhe sorgen