fumble

«fumble» in Mova's school dictionary: to handle something clumsily with the hands, often in the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (fumble, fumbles, fumbled, fumbling)

meaning for a pupil

1) To fumble is to handle something clumsily with the hands, often in the dark or in a hurry. tree →

2) To fumble can mean to search about clumsily for something. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a character using clumsy hands to put on shoes, undo a button or find a door

examples

• Tom fumbled with the button. tree →
• She fumbled in her bag for the key. tree →
• He fumbled about in the dark until he found the door. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fumble» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.