Tumbleweed

What do we mean by tumbleweed?

Any of various densely branched annual plants, such as Russian thistle and several species of amaranth, that break off from the roots at the end of the growing season and are rolled about by the wind. noun

A branching plant whose top assumes a globular figure and in autumn is detached and rolled over the plains by the wind, scattering its seed. noun

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; such as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc. noun

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amaranthus albus, etc. noun

Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received from one’s audience. Gives the impression that a tumbleweed has passed through the room, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert. adjective

Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States noun

Any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass noun

Bushy plant of western United States noun

Bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds noun

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amaranthus albus, etc.

Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.

A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.

Words that are spelled similarly to tumbleweed:
tumbleweed, tumblewed, tumble weed, tumble-weed, thimbleweed, tumbleweeds.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tumbleweed:
diaspore, pigweed, tragus, tumble, grill, mustard, kali, tex, elton, connection, bunch, habit, seeds, aria, seed, tiny, ranch, rolling, tall, patent, communications, fruit, revenue, restaurant, customers, solutions, plants, secure, plant, accompanied, bass, chain, wind, issued, trail, tells, block, festival, guitar, species.

Words that rhyme with tumbleweed:
thimbleweed, tumble weed.

Adjectives that are often used to describe tumbleweed:
big, large, dry, occasional, giant, dead, windblown, small, blown, much, little, human, huge, urban, tiny, old, lone, prickly, marine.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective tumbleweed:
wagon, seeds, roll, rolling, blow, town, rolls, tree, tumble, humor, plant, patches, hair, blows.

Consonant match to tumbleweed:
tumble weed.

Words that sound like tumbleweed:
tumbleweed, tumble weed, tumbleweeds, tumbled, double wide, doublewide, double reed, templed, tumble, tumbling, stumbled, tumbles, tanglewood, tableside, trumpet weed.