trundle
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trun·dle
(trŭn′dl)n.
1. A small wheel or roller.
2. The motion or noise of rolling: "The train is in full trundle now, wheels singing on the tracks" (Michael Lowenthal).
3. A trundle bed.
4. A low-wheeled cart; a dolly.
v. trun·dled, trun·dling, trun·dles
v.tr.
1. To push or propel on one or more wheels or rollers: "I doubt if Emerson could trundle a wheelbarrow through the streets" (Henry David Thoreau).
2. To carry, convey, or cause to move, especially in a vehicle: "His mother had trundled him off to Sunday school ... right up to the time he was ten" (Tom Wolfe).
v.intr.
1. To move along by rolling or spinning: The bus trundled down the road.
2. To move slowly, noisily, or clumsily: The sheep trundled through the gate into the field.
[Variant of dialectal trendle, wheel, from Middle English, from Old English trendel, circle.]
trun′dler n.
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trundle
(ˈtrʌndəl)vb
1. to move heavily on or as if on wheels: the bus trundled by.
2. (tr) archaic to rotate or spin
n
3. the act or an instance of trundling
4. (Mechanical Engineering) a small wheel or roller
5. (Mechanical Engineering)
a. the pinion of a lantern
b. any of the bars in a lantern pinion
6. a small truck with low wheels
[Old English tryndel; related to Middle High German trendel disc]
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trun•dle
(ˈtrʌn dl)v. -dled, -dling,
n. v.t.
1. to cause (a circular object) to roll along; roll.
2. to convey or move in a wagon, cart, or other wheeled vehicle.
3. Archaic. to cause to rotate.
v.i. 4. to roll along.
5. to move or run on a wheel or wheels.
6. to move or walk with a rolling gait.
n. 7. a small wheel, roller, or the like.
8. a truck or carriage on low wheels.
[1555–65; obscurely akin to dial. trindle wheel, Middle English trindel (Old English tryndel circle, akin to trend)]
trun′dler, n.
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trundle
Past participle: trundled
Gerund: trundling
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| Noun | 1. |  trundle - a low bed to be slid under a higher bedbed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" |
| 2. |  trundle - small wheel or roller roller - a cylinder that revolves wheel - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) | |
| Verb | 1. |  trundle - move heavily; "the streetcar trundled down the avenue"go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
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Translations
يُدَحْرِج
valit
trille
velta, rúlla; keyra; ÿta á undan sér
dārdētrībētrībinātripināt
valiť
trundle
[ˈtrʌndl]B. VI [cart etc] → rodar
trundle on VI + ADV → avanzar (con mucho ruido, pesadamente)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
trundle
[ˈtrʌndəl] vt [+ wheelbarrow, pushchair] (gen) → pousser; (slowly) → pousser tout doucement
vi
to trundle along [car, train, cart] → cheminer
to trundle along [car, train, cart] → cheminer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
trundle
vi to trundle in/along/down → hinein-/entlang-/hinunterzockeln; (= clatter) → hinein-/entlang-/hinunterrumpeln
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
trundle
[ˈtrʌndl]1. vt (push, pull) to trundle along → far rotolare (a fatica)
2. vi (cart) → avanzare lentamente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
trundle
(ˈtrandl) verb to (cause to) roll slowly and heavily along on wheels. He trundled the wheelbarrow down the garden; The huge lorry trundled along the road.
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