Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - trundle
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(trundles, trundling, trundled) 1. If a vehicle trundles somewhere, it moves there slowly, often with difficulty or an irregular movement. The train eventually trundled in at 7.54. VERB: V prep/adv 2. If you trundle something somewhere, especially a small, heavy object with wheels, you move or roll it along slowly. The old man lifted the barrow and trundled it away... VERB: V n adv/prep 3. If you say that someone is trundling somewhere, you mean that they are walking slowly, often in a tired way or with heavy steps. Girls trundle in carrying heavy book bags. VERB: V adv/prep ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb (~d; trundling) Etymology: 2~ Date: circa 1598 transitive verb 1. a. to propel by causing to rotate ; roll a…child who was trundling a hoop — Charles Dickens b. archaic to cause to revolve ; spin 2. to transport in or as if in a wheeled vehicle ; haul, wheel ~d him off to school intransitive verb 1. to progress by revolving 2. to move on or as if on wheels ; roll buses trundling through the city • ~r noun II. noun Etymology: from ~ small wheel, alteration of earlier trendle, from Middle English, circle, ring, wheel, from Old English trendel; akin to Old English trendan to revolve — more at trend Date: circa 1611 1. the motion or sound of something rolling 2. ~ bed 3. a round or oval wooden tub ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. & intr. roll or move heavily or noisily esp. on or as on wheels. Phrases and idioms trundle-bed = TRUCKLE(1). Etymology: var. of obs. or dial. trendle, trindle, f. OE trendel circle (as TREND) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. колесико; ролик 2. тележка 3. качение 4. небольшая раскладушка 5. ист. низенькая кровать (слуги, подмастерья) на колесиках (днем задвигающаяся под кровать хозяина) 6. катить; везти to trundle a wheelbarrow —- катить тачку 7. катиться; тяжело двигаться 8. быстро идти, уходить 9. идти неровной походкой to trundle off across the sand —- идти, переваливаясь, по песку 10. отправлять, отсылать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1564, from trundle bed "low bed on small wheels" (1542), possibly from M.E. trendle "wheel, suspended hoop" (1324), from O.E. trendel "ring, disk" (see trend). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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