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trundle

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Synonyms: grundle, rundle, trindle, trendle, brundle

Antonyms: grundle, rundle, trindle, trendle, brundle

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Noun

  1. {{ellipsis of|en|trundle bed|t=a low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed}}.
  2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A low [[wagon]] or [[cart]] on small wheels, used to transport things.
  3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A small wheel or [[roller]].<ref>{{w|Samuel Johnson}}, ''{{w|A Dictionary of the English Language}},'' London: W. Strahan, 1755: “T<small>RUNDLE</small>. {{...}} Any round rolling thing.”<sup>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ucm.5326809207&view=1up&seq=953]</sup></ref>
  4. A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.
  5. The sound made by an object being moved on wheels.
  6. {{lb|en|engineering}} A [[lantern wheel]], or one of its [[bar]]s.
  7. {{lb|en|heraldry|rare}} A [[spool]] or [[skein]] of [[golden]] [[thread]] (chiefly in the arms of the Embroiderers Company, now the Company of Broderers).

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[wheel]] or [[roll]] (an object on wheels), especially by [[push]]ing, often slowly or heavily.
  2. To [[transport]] (something or someone) using an object on wheels, especially one that is pushed.
  3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move heavily (on wheels).
  4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To move (something or someone), often heavily or clumsily.
  5. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move, often heavily or clumsily.
  6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause (something) to roll or revolve; to roll (something) along.
  7. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To roll or revolve; to roll along.

Proper noun

  1. {{place|en|locality|in the|carea/Parkes|central|s/New South Wales|c/Australia}}.

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