Saturday, May 24, 2014

STUMBLE

WORD: STUMBLE

MEANING:
1.
a. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
b. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder. See Synonyms at blunder.
c. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily.
2. To make a mistake; blunder.
3. To fall into evil ways; err.
4. To come upon accidentally or unexpectedly: "The urge to wider voyages . . . caused men to stumble upon New America" (Kenneth Cragg).
5. fall

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Jennifer Lawrence stumbles yet again at X-Men: Days Of Future Past
2. I stumbled over a tree root.

PRONOUNCE:
stum·ble - स्टम्बल

LINK: STUMBLE

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