jumble

«jumble» in Mova's school dictionary: An untidy mix of things in no order — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a jumble, jumbles); verb (jumble, jumbles, jumbled, jumbling)

meaning for a pupil

1) An untidy mix of things in no order. tree →

2) (verb) To mix things up so they are out of order. tree →

3) (UK) Old things given to be sold cheaply, as at a jumble sale. tree →

4) A word puzzle where the letters are mixed up (a word jumble). tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: a jumble of toys, shoes and socks under the bed. At school: a word jumble or sentence jumble to put back in order. In the UK, a jumble sale raises money for a school or church. Phrases: jumble sale, jumbled up, a jumble of.

examples

• My drawer is a jumble of pencils and string. tree →
• Someone jumbled up the puzzle pieces. tree →
• Unjumble these letters: T-A-C. tree →
• We sold old toys at the school jumble sale (UK). tree →
• The story got jumbled when he told it fast. tree →
• Put the jumbled sentences in the right order. tree →
• There was a jumble of shoes by the door. tree →

note

Noun is countable (a jumble of things). Verb: jumbled, jumbling. "Jumble sale" is British; in the USA and Canada people say "rummage sale" or "yard sale". A word jumble is a kind of anagram.

In the corpora

• The two friends tease him by saying his Mother's advice back to him all jumbled up, until his head spins.

Trees and pragmatics

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