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betumble

betumble verb: to cause to tumble, or to throw into disorder or disarrange the parts of.

Verb

betumble (third-person singular simple present betumbles, present participle betumbling, simple past and past participle betumbled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To cause to tumble, or to throw into disorder or disarrange the parts of.
    • When showers betumble the chestnut spikes1922, Thomas Hardy, “Weathers”, in Late Lyrics and Earlier with Many Other Verses, London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC, page 1

Forms of betumble

third-person singular presentbetumbles
present participlebetumbling
past participlebetumbled
pastbetumbled

Origin of betumble

From be- + tumble.

Words formed from betumble

Questions about betumble

What does betumble mean?
Betumble means to cause to tumble, or to throw into disorder or disarrange the parts of.
What part of speech is betumble?
Betumble is a verb.
What is the past tense of betumble?
The past tense of betumble is betumbled.

Words near betumble in the dictionary

  1. betulinyl
  2. betulonate
  3. betulonates
  4. betulone
  5. betulonic acid
  6. betumble
  7. betumbled
  8. betune
  9. beturbaned
  10. beturbanned
  11. Beturia

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