Hump - English meaning

noun

A curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

Usage examples:

The result brings to mind support structures for vaulted arches (for instance gaudi's sagrada famil…

verb

Have the curved shape of an arch.

Usage examples:

A beautiful bridge that arched over a canal

adjective

Deliberately or affectedly playful and teasing.

Usage examples:

A somewhat arch tone of voice

verb

Shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.

Usage examples:

The wire has to be bent back tightly

noun

A curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit.

Usage examples:

The van screeched round a bend

noun

An ordinary in the form of a broad diagonal stripe from top left (dexter chief) to bottom right (sinister base) of a shield or part of one.

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A narrow bend, either dexter or sinister, lying across the other charges on a shield

noun

A knot tied with two loops and two loose ends, used especially for tying shoelaces and decorative ribbons.

Usage examples:

A girl with long hair tied back in a bow

verb

A curved stroke forming part of a letter (e.g. b, p ).

noun

An act of bending the head or upper body as a sign of respect or greeting.

Usage examples:

The man gave a little bow

noun

A rounded swelling which distorts an otherwise flat surface.

Usage examples:

The telltale bulge of a concealed weapon

verb

Swell or protrude to an incongruous extent.

Usage examples:

The veins in his neck bulged

verb

To stick out in a round shape

Usage examples:

Bulge with her bags were bulging with shopping.

noun

A light blow or a jolting collision.

Usage examples:

A nasty bump on the head

verb

Knock or run into someone or something with a jolt.

Usage examples:

I almost bumped into him

verb

An impact (as from a collision)

verb

Support and move (someone or something) from one place to another.

Usage examples:

Medics were carrying a wounded man on a stretcher

noun

An act of carrying something from one place to another.

Usage examples:

We did a carry of equipment from the camp

verb

To transport or take from one place to another

Usage examples:

The plane carried 116 passengers and a crew of seven., would you like me to carry your bag for you?…

noun

The hooked staff of a shepherd.

Usage examples:

Seizing his crook from behind the door, he set off to call his dogs

verb

Bend (something, especially a finger as a signal).

Usage examples:

He crooked a finger for the waitress

adjective

Bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.

Usage examples:

It was pretty crook on the land in the early 1970s

verb

Form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape.

Usage examples:

Her fingers curled round the microphone

noun

Something in the shape of a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair.

Usage examples:

Her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls

noun

A piece of hair that grows or has been formed into a curving shape, or something that is the same shape as this

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Tight/loose curls, in curls her hair fell in curls over her shoulders., curls of smoke were rising …

noun

A line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length.

Usage examples:

The parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve

verb

Form or cause to form a curve.

Usage examples:

Her mouth curved in a smile

verb

To form or move in the direction of a line that turns continuously and has no straight parts, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i ] the road curves around the cemetery., a curve in a road

noun

A distinct outgrowth on a body or plant, resulting from disease or abnormality.

Usage examples:

The males often have a strange excrescence on the tip of the snout

noun

An unusual growth on an animal or one of its organs, or on a plant

Usage examples:

Adult males sometimes have a strange excrescence on the tip of their snouts., no nodular excrescenc…

noun

Something considered to be very ugly

Usage examples:

Excrescence on the new office development is an excrescence on the face of the city.

noun

The process of increasing in size.

Usage examples:

The upward growth of plants

noun

The process of developing or of increasing in size

Usage examples:

[ u ] plant growth is most noticeable in spring., [ u ] his budget is designed to promote economic …

noun

An increase in the ability of an economy or business to produce goods and services

Usage examples:

The growth of the indian economy, we have had three successive years of economic growth., growth ra…

verb

Lift or haul (something heavy) with great effort.

Usage examples:

She heaved the sofa back into place

noun

An act of heaving.

Usage examples:

With that last heave, maurice's anchor wrenched clear of the mud

verb

To pull, push, lift, or throw something heavy

Usage examples:

[ t always + adv/prep ] he leaned his weight against the door and heaved it open., [ i ] after the …

verb

Lift or carry (something heavy).

Usage examples:

He lifted crates and hefted boxes

noun

The weight of someone or something.

Usage examples:

He was buckle-kneed from the heft of his staggering load

verb

To lift, hold, or carry something heavy using your hands

Usage examples:

I watched him heft the heavy sack onto his shoulder.

verb

Raise (something) by means of ropes and pulleys.

Usage examples:

A white flag was hoisted

noun

An act of raising or lifting something.

Usage examples:

Instead, dick persuaded fritz to sail to the next platform and ask the crane driver to give them a …

verb

Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help

exclamation

Used to express slightly scornful doubt or dissatisfaction.

Usage examples:

Humph! i suppose i'd better take him

exclamation

A short, deep sound made with the lips closed, expressing anger or doubt, or pretended anger

Usage examples:

Humph, i see you've got yourself some lunch and you haven't made any for the rest of us!

verb

Raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward.

Usage examples:

Eliot hunched his shoulders against a gust of snow

noun

A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact.

Usage examples:

I have a hunch that someone is telling lies

noun

An idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof

Usage examples:

[ + that clause ] i had a hunch that you’d be here., [ i ] we gathered in a circle and hunched over…

noun

A rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something.

Usage examples:

After the glue has hardened, rub fine-grain sandpaper across the surface of both knobs, making thei…

verb

(of a man) have sex with (someone).

noun

A round handle, or a small, round device for controlling a machine or electrical equipment

Usage examples:

A brass door knob, turn/twiddle the little knob to adjust the volume.

verb

Raise to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

He lifted his trophy over his head

noun

A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different levels.

Usage examples:

Alice went up to the second floor in the lift

verb

To move something from a lower to a higher position

Usage examples:

[ t ] i can’t lift you up – you’re a big boy now!, [ i always + adv/prep ] the top of the stool lif…

verb

Carry or drag (a heavy or bulky object) with great effort.

Usage examples:

She began to lug her suitcase down the stairs

noun

A box or crate used for transporting fruit.

Usage examples:

A truck piled high with wooden lugs of grapes

noun

A person's ear.

Usage examples:

I couldn't hear what they were saying with that leather over my lugs

noun

A compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape.

Usage examples:

There was a lump of ice floating in the milk

verb

Put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars.

Usage examples:

Hong kong and bangkok tend to be lumped together in holiday brochures

verb

Accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not.

Usage examples:

You can like it or lump it but i've got to work

noun

A large body of matter with no definite shape.

Usage examples:

The sun broke out from behind a mass of clouds

adjective

Involving or affecting large numbers of people or things.

Usage examples:

The film has mass appeal

verb

Assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass.

Usage examples:

Both countries began massing troops in the region

noun

A point in a network or diagram at which lines or pathways intersect or branch.

Usage examples:

The intersections of two or more such arteries would clearly become major nodes of traffic and urba…

noun

A place where a leaf and stem join on a plant

Usage examples:

A leaf node, new plants may emerge from each node on a stem.

noun

A place where things such as lines or systems join

Usage examples:

A network is a series of points or nodes interconnected by communication paths., instead of creatin…

noun

A small swelling or aggregation of cells in the body, especially an abnormal one.

Usage examples:

The area feels firm but has irregular nodules which can be painful to touch

noun

A small raised area or swelling

Usage examples:

There was a soft nodule on my vocal cord.

noun

Something that grows out of something else.

Usage examples:

The eye first appears as an outgrowth from the brain

noun

An estimate or forecast of a future situation based on a study of present trends.

Usage examples:

Plans based on projections of slow but positive growth

noun

The state of being important, famous, or noticeable.

Usage examples:

She came to prominence as an artist in the 1960s

noun

The state of being easily seen or well known

Usage examples:

Most of the papers give prominence to (= put in a noticeable position) the same story this morning.…

noun

Something that protrudes; a protuberance.

Usage examples:

A protrusion of rock jutted from the mountainside

noun

Something that sticks out from a surface, or the act of doing this

Usage examples:

It has a series of protrusions along its back., the condition results in weight loss, rapid heart b…

noun

A thing that protrudes from something else.

Usage examples:

Some dinosaurs evolved protuberances on top of their heads

noun

Something that sticks out from a surface

Usage examples:

If the plant has been infected you will see dark protuberances along the stems., bunions are bony p…

verb

Haul or carry (something heavy or awkward).

Usage examples:

She schlepped her groceries home

noun

A tedious or difficult journey.

Usage examples:

A rush hour schlep to the airport and back

verb

To carry an object with effort

Usage examples:

[ i ] we schlepped our suitcases into the airport., i’ve been schlepping all over town looking for …

noun

The upper joint of each of a person's arms and the part of the body between this and the neck.

Usage examples:

I was carrying a bag over my shoulder

verb

Another term for hard shoulder.

noun

One of the two rounded, bony parts of a person’s body on either side of the neck where the top of the arm is joined

Usage examples:

She put her head on my shoulder., it is usually women who shoulder the responsibility for the care …

noun

An abnormal enlargement of a part of the body, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Painless swellings may appear in the lower abdomen

adjective

Becoming greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume.

Usage examples:

The swelling ranks of irish singer-songwriters

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

verb

Carry, wield, or convey (something heavy or substantial).

Usage examples:

Here are books well worth toting home

noun

A tote bag.

Usage examples:

A chocolate brown leather tote with ponyskin appliqué

noun

A system of betting based on the use of the totalizator, in which dividends are calculated according to the amount staked rather than odds offered.

Usage examples:

He has taken a risk with the tote

noun

The quality of being swollen, or a swollen part of the body, especially caused by sexual excitement

Usage examples:

Erectile dysfunction can mean less tumescence as well as the complete absence of an erection., in t…

verb

Heave or lift up (something, especially part of the earth's surface).

Usage examples:

The area was first upheaved from the primeval ocean