tumbleweed

1. (countable, uncountable)Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.

   Steppenläufer, Bodenläufer, Steppenroller

   перекати́-по́леperekatí-póle

   перекоти́по́леperekotýpóle

   any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass

2. (attributive, countable, uncountable)Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.

3. (countable, uncountable)A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.

1. A tumbleweed rolled across the deserted road.

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