n. Small tube in a plant or animal body. [latin tubulus, diminutive: related to *tube]

—n. - hist. Piece of lace or linen etc. In or on a woman's bodice.

- austral. & nz slang food. —v. (esp. In passive; often foll. By out) us & austral. Colloq. Tire.

n. Colloq. Large meal.

n. Clump of grass; small mound. [var. Of *tuft]

—v. (-ling) 1 (cause to) fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong.

- fall rapidly in amount etc. (prices tumbled).

- (often foll. By about, around) roll or toss to and fro.

- move or rush in a headlong or blundering manner.

- (often foll. By to) colloq. Grasp the meaning behind an idea, circumstance, etc. (he quickly tumbled to our plan).

- overturn; fling or push roughly or carelessly.

- perform acrobatic feats, esp. Somersaults.

- rumple or disarrange. —n. - sudden or headlong fall.

- somersault or other acrobatic feat.

- untidy or confused state. [low german tummeln]

n. (us tumor) a swelling, esp. From an abnormal growth of tissue. tumorous adj. [latin tumeo swell]

n. - uproar or din, esp. Of a disorderly crowd.

- angry demonstration by a mob; riot.

- conflict of emotions in the mind. [latin: related to *tumour]

n. Vast level treeless arctic region with underlying permafrost. [lappish]

vision n. - vision which is poor or lost outside the centre of the normal field of vision.

- colloq. Inability to grasp a situation's wider implications.

- —n. - underground passage dug through a hill or under a road, river, etc., esp. For a railway or road.

- underground passage dug by an animal. —v. (-ll-; us -l-) 1 (foll. By through, into, etc.) Make a tunnel through.

- make (one's way) by tunnelling. [french diminutive of tonne *tun]

n. - man's headdress of fabric wound round a cap or the head, worn esp. By muslims and sikhs.

- woman's hat resembling this. turbaned adj. [persian: cf. *tulip]