Bumpy - English meaning

adjective

Knobbly, rough, and twisted, especially with age.

Usage examples:

The gnarled old oak tree

verb

Make a hole or holes in.

Usage examples:

A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started

noun

A hollow place in a solid body or surface.

Usage examples:

The dog had dug a hole in the ground

noun

A place or position that needs to be filled because someone or something is no longer there.

Usage examples:

She is missed terribly and her death has left a hole in all our lives

adjective

Something that is holey has holes in it

Usage examples:

He had to patch his holey trainers with duct tape until he had the money to buy himself a new pair.…

adjective

Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.

Usage examples:

His strong, irregular features

noun

A member of an irregular military force.

Usage examples:

The filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregula…

adjective

Not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes

Usage examples:

An irregular surface, there are irregular spaces between the words., he showed up at irregular inte…

adjective

Having lumps which give a misshapen appearance.

Usage examples:

Knobbly knees

adjective

Having lumps (= raised areas) on the surface

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Knobbly knees/elbows

adjective

Having knobs on the surface, or shaped like a knob

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Knobby knees

adjective

Full of or covered with lumps.

Usage examples:

He lay on the lumpy mattress

adjective

Covered with or containing lumps

Usage examples:

A lumpy bed/pillow, a lumpy sauce

adjective

Having a hollow or indentation on the surface.

Usage examples:

His jowled and pitted face

verb

Set someone or something in conflict or competition with.

Usage examples:

You'll get the chance to pit your wits against the world champions

verb

Remove the pit from (fruit).

verb

Produce potholes in (the ground).

Usage examples:

The road is being torn up and potholed by passing trucks

adjective

(of a road surface) having depressions or hollows caused by wear or sinking.

Usage examples:

They drove slowly on potholed roads

adjective

A potholed road contains lots of potholes

Usage examples:

The house is situated in the middle of a wood at the end of a narrow potholed lane.

adjective

Consisting or full of rock or rocks.

Usage examples:

A rocky crag above the village

adjective

Difficult or uncertain

Usage examples:

Their season got off to a rocky start with three straight losses., a rocky path

adjective

Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.

Usage examples:

They had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground

adverb

In a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.

Usage examples:

Treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair

noun

A disreputable and violent person.

Usage examples:

The rear of the column was attacked by roughs

adjective

Having long deep tracks made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles.

Usage examples:

A gruelling drive on rutted dirt roads

verb

(of a deer or other mammal) engage in the rut or annual period of sexual activity.

Usage examples:

Researchers say the deer are rutting earlier

adjective

If a surface is rutted, it has deep narrow marks in it made by wheels

Usage examples:

A deeply/badly rutted road

adjective

If ground is rutty, it is full of deep, narrow marks, especially marks made by a wheel

Usage examples:

The fields could only be crossed through rough and rutty wagon tracks., the track had been softened…

adjective

Covered with or full of small pieces of rock.

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Rough stony paths

adjective

Containing a lot of stones

Usage examples:

The ground was too stony to be used as a farm., though we begged him, he gave us a stony look and t…

adjective

Not level or smooth.

Usage examples:

The floors are cracked and uneven