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TUMP OVER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turn from an upright or normal position
Example:
The canoe tumped over
Synonyms:
overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "tump over" is one way to...):
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Verb group:
bowl over; knock over; overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over; upset (cause to overturn from an upright or normal position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "tump over"):
capsize; turn turtle; turtle (overturn accidentally)
upend (become turned or set on end)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
Example:
he tumped over his beer
Synonyms:
bowl over; knock over; overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over; upset
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "tump over" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over (turn from an upright or normal position)
Verb group:
overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over (turn from an upright or normal position)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something