Tumble definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TUM'BLE, v.i. [L ... To fall; to come down suddenly and violently; as, to tumble from a scaffold. 3. To roll down. The stone of ... about for examination or searching; sometimes with over; as, to tumble over books or papers; to tumble over clothes. [To tumble over in thought, is not elegant.] 1. To disturb; to rumple; as, to tumble a bed. To tumble out, to throw or roll ...
rough and tumble definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also rough-and-tumble 1. You can use rough and tumble to refer to a situation in which the people involved ... you think this is acceptable and normal. ...the rough-and-tumble of political combat. N-UNCOUNT: oft the N of n 2. Rough and tumble is physical playing that involves noisy and slightly violent behaviour. He enjoys rough and tumble play.
tumble-down definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: in ... tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" [syn: bedraggled, broken- down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tumble-down Tum"ble-down`, a. Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house. [Colloq.] Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a ...
tumble dryer definitions Merriam Webster's noun see tumble dry Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also tumble drier(tumble dryers) A tumble dryer is an electric machine which dries washing by turning ...
tumble drier definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... spins wet clothes inside a cylinder with heated air [syn: tumble-dryer, tumble drier] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see tumble dryer
To tumble home definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Tumble Tum"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tumbled; p. pr ... to fall suddenly and violently; to be precipitated; as, to tumble from a scaffold. He who tumbles from a tower surely ... body; to perform the feats of an acrobat. --Rowe. To tumble home (Naut.), to incline inward, as the sides of a ...
tumble down definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If a building tumbles ... taken care of it. The outer walls looked likely to tumble down in a stiff wind... PHRASAL VERB: V P
tumble grass definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: North ... land [syn: witchgrass, witch grass, old witchgrass, old witch grass, tumble grass, Panicum capillare]
... now tost and turbulent. 7. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules ... of grammar. TOSS, v.i. To fling; to roll and tumble; to writhe; to be in violent commotion. To toss and ... 1913 Dictionary Toss Toss, v. i. 1. To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling. To ... tossed of men. --Herbert. 6. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules ... 5. Try, harass, disquiet, make restless. 6. Keep in play, tumble over. II. v. n. 1. Roll, writhe, fling, tumble about, be uneasy, be in violent commotion. 2. Be ...
... v.i. [from top.] To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down. Though castles topple on their warders' heads. [This word ... World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" [syn: tumble, topple] 2: cause to topple or tumble by pushing [syn: topple, tumble, tip] Merriam Webster's verb (toppled; toppling) Etymology: frequentative of ... Toppling.] [From Top summit.] To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down. Though castles topple on their warders' heads. --Shak. Webster ... s Dictionary of English Synonyms v. n. Fall (top foremost), tumble down, topple over, topple down, tumble over. Moby Thesaurus ...
... 1. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow. When ... blood. --Landor. 2. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows. ``The weltering waves.'' --Milton. Waves that, hardly ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. n. 1. Wallow, tumble about, roll. 2. Rise and fall (as waves), tumble over (as billows). Moby Thesaurus arsy-varsiness, bask, bend, blunder ... swing, thrash about, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, toss, toss and tumble, toss and turn, totter, tumble, turmoil, unholy mess, volutation, wallop, wallow, wilt, wizen, writhe, yaw