Tumble can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| tumble - do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully | ||
| tumble - roll over and over, back and forth | ||
| tumble - fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" | ||
| tumble - fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency" | ||
| tumble - suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat | ||
| tumble - put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry" | ||
| tumble - throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern" | ||
| tumble - fly around; "The clothes tumbled in the dryer"; "rising smoke whirled in the air" | ||
| tumble - cause to topple or tumble by pushing | ||
| tumble - fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" | ||
| tumble - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" | ||
Noun |
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| tumble - an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end | ||
| tumble - a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" |
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| 1. | verb | Wash in warm water and tumble dry. | |
| 2. | verb | The typhoon caused a tree to tumble on my yard. | |
| 3. | verb | "But Capys and the rest, of sounder mind, / urge us to tumble in the rolling tide / the doubtful gift, for treachery designed, / or burn with fire, or pierce the hollow side, / and probe the caverns where the Danaans hide." | |
| 4. | verb | Otoliths may dislodge suddenly and tumble down. | |
| 5. | noun | I saw a girl tumble and ran to her in spite of myself. | |
| 6. | noun | The tumble hurt him badly. | |
| 7. | noun | We don't have a tumble dryer. | |
| 8. | noun | We haven't got a tumble dryer. | |
| 9. | noun | Tom is taking the washing out of the tumble dryer. |
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| verb | |
| Wash in warm water and tumble dry. |
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| The typhoon caused a tree to tumble on my yard. | |
| "But Capys and the rest, of sounder mind, / urge us to tumble in the rolling tide / the doubtful gift, for treachery designed, / or burn with fire, or pierce the hollow side, / and probe the caverns where the Danaans hide." | |
| Otoliths may dislodge suddenly and tumble down. | |
| noun | |
| I saw a girl tumble and ran to her in spite of myself. | |
| The tumble hurt him badly. | |
| We don't have a tumble dryer. | |
| We haven't got a tumble dryer. | |
| Tom is taking the washing out of the tumble dryer. | |