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    TUMP OVER

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     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Turn from an upright or normal positionplay

    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 positionplay

    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

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