Word a Day
tumble
What does tumble mean?
tumble (verb): to fall end over end; to roll over and over.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use tumble in a sentence?
- The clothes tumbled in the dryer. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce tumble?
/ˈtʌmbl̩/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does tumble come from?
From Middle English tumblen (“to fall over and over again, tumble”), frequentative of Middle English tumben (“to fall, leap, dance”), from Old English tumbian.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “tumble” mean?
to change greatly the appearance or form of
Not quite: that's what transform means.
be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
Not quite: that's what insist means.
make more intense, stronger, or more marked
Not quite: that's what compound means.
to fall end over end; to roll over and over
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