Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To wheel or roll (an object on wheels), especially by pushing, often slowly or heavily.

    Every morning, the vendors trundle their carts out into the market.

    to trundle a bed or a gun carriage

    rollen, schieben

    кати́тьkatítʹ, ката́тьkatátʹ

    котитиkotyty

  2. To transport (something or someone) using an object on wheels, especially one that is pushed.

  3. (intransitive)To move heavily (on wheels).

    ката́тьсяkatátʹsja, кати́тьсяkatítʹsja

    котитисяkotytysja

    move heavily

  4. (transitive)To move (something or someone), often heavily or clumsily.

  5. (intransitive)To move, often heavily or clumsily.

  6. (transitive)To cause (something) to roll or revolve; to roll (something) along.

    to trundle a hoop or a ball

    1565, Andrew Boorde, Merie Tales of the Made Men of Gotam, London: Thomas Colwell, Tale 3, He layde downe hys poake, and tooke the cheeses, and dyd trundle them downe the hyll one after another:

    rollen lassen

    кати́тьkatítʹ, ката́тьkatátʹ

  7. (intransitive)To roll or revolve; to roll along.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. The wagon trundled along through the mud.

    deDer Wagen rollte behäbig durch den Schlamm.

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  2. The train came trundling slowly down the track.

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  3. I used to sleep in a trundle bed when I would visit my aunt and uncle.

    ruЯ обычно спал на выдвижной кровати, когда навещал своих тётю и дядю.

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  4. The horse-drawn buggy trundled along the narrow lane inexorably, forcing me to step to one side.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to wheel or roll, esp. by pushing:
to move heavily (on wheels):
Русский
By meaning 2
to wheel or roll, esp. by pushing:
to move heavily (on wheels):
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to wheel or roll, esp. by pushing:
to cause to roll or revolve:

Origin

From Middle English trondlin, trondelen, a variation of Middle English trendlen, from Old

From Middle English trondlin, trondelen, a variation of Middle English trendlen, from Old English trendlian. More at trendle, trindle.

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Forms

trundles, trundling, trundled, trundled
Base formtrundle · to trundle
3rd person singulartrundles
Present participletrundling
Past simpletrundled
Past participletrundled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytrundle
he, she, ittrundles

Past simpleLesson

all personstrundled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave trundled
he, she, ithas trundled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill trundle

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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