TUMP OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tump over mean? 

• TUMP OVER (verb)
  The verb TUMP OVER has 2 senses:

1. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

2. turn from an upright or normal position

  Familiarity information: TUMP OVER used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUMP OVER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bowl over; knock over; overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over; upset

Context example:

he tumped over his beer

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Turn from an upright or normal position

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

overturn; tip over; tump over; turn over

Context example:

The canoe tumped over

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