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# bumble

verb (bumble, bumbles, bumbled, bumbling)

«bumble» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To bumble is to hum or buzz, as a bee does when it flies about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bumble/#m1)
2. To bumble is to move or talk in a clumsy, muddled way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bumble/#m2)

### In the lessons

a bee or a little creature buzzing in a tale, such as «little humble-bumble-bee»; in talk, a person who moves or speaks in a muddle

### Examples

- The bee began to bumble among the roses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bumble/#x1)
- He bumbled through his speech and lost his place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bumble/#x2)
- Mr Bumble Bee bumbled round the garden all afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bumble/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bumble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bumble/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bumble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bumble.html) on Mova free.