The meaning of Hunches

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.

Usage examples:

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

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)

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

Adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, typically in order to avoid detection or to defend oneself.

Usage examples:

We crouched down in the trench

noun

A crouching stance or posture.

Usage examples:

He dropped into a defensive crouch

verb

The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

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 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…

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

noun

A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.

Usage examples:

This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

noun

An emotional state or reaction.

Usage examples:

A feeling of joy

adjective

Showing emotion or sensitivity.

Usage examples:

She was a feeling child

verb

Be aware of (a person or object) through touching or being touched.

Usage examples:

She felt someone touch her shoulder

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

Estimate or conclude (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct.

Usage examples:

She guessed the child's age at 14 or 15

noun

An estimate or conclusion formed by guessing.

Usage examples:

My guess is that within a year we will have a referendum

verb

To give an answer to a question when you do not have all the facts and so cannot be certain if you are right

Usage examples:

[ i ] i didn’t know the answer, so i had to guess., [ + (that) clause ] he guessed (that) she was a…

phrase

A strong belief about someone or something that cannot completely be explained and does not have to be decided by reasoning

Usage examples:

I have a gut feeling that the relationship won't last., my gut feeling is that the event will go ba…

phrase

A strong belief about someone or something that cannot completely be explained and does not have to be decided by reasoning

Usage examples:

I have a gut feeling that the relationship won't last., my gut feeling is that the event will go ba…

noun

A rounded raised mass of earth or land.

Usage examples:

They sat on a hump of cropped grass

verb

Carry (a heavy object) with difficulty.

Usage examples:

He continued to hump cases up and down the hotel corridor

noun

A thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action.

Usage examples:

The idea of linking pay to performance has caught on

noun

An idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, especially one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence.

Usage examples:

His first impressions of manchester were very positive

noun

An idea or opinion of what someone or something is like

Usage examples:

It makes a bad impression if you’re late for an interview., [ + that clause ] i get the impression …

noun

A single time that an internet advertisement is seen by a user

Usage examples:

They market a company's product for a fixed rate per 1,000 impressions., this is the second impress…

noun

A slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint.

Usage examples:

The records give us an inkling of how people saw the world

noun

A slight idea that something is true or likely to happen, although it is not certain

Usage examples:

She saw the look on nick’s face but had no inkling of what it meant.

noun

The ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.

Usage examples:

We shall allow our intuition to guide us

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 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

A conception of or belief about something.

Usage examples:

Children have different notions about the roles of their parents

noun

A belief or idea

Usage examples:

Nast helped form the american notion of santa claus.

noun

Something that grows out of something else.

Usage examples:

The eye first appears as an outgrowth from the brain

noun

A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant.

Usage examples:

He had a premonition of imminent disaster

noun

A feeling that something, esp. something unpleasant, is going to happen

Usage examples:

A premonition of danger

noun

An intuitive feeling about the future, especially one of foreboding.

Usage examples:

A presentiment of disaster

noun

A feeling that something, especially something unpleasant, is going to happen

Usage examples:

She had had a presentiment of what might lie ahead.

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

Crouch or squat.

Usage examples:

He scooched down and rubbed the dog's head

verb

To move a short distance, especially when you are in a sitting or crouching (= low, with bent knees) position

Usage examples:

Can you scooch over and make room?, she used to scooch up so close to the tv that her parents warne…

verb

Crouch or sit with one's knees bent and one's heels close to or touching one's buttocks or the back of one's thighs.

Usage examples:

I squatted down in front of him

adjective

Short and thickset; disproportionately broad or wide.

Usage examples:

He was muscular and squat

noun

A squatting position.

Usage examples:

She fell back into a squat from the kneeling position he had raised her to.

verb

Bend one's head or body forwards and downwards.

Usage examples:

He stooped down and reached towards the coin

noun

A posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forwards.

Usage examples:

A tall, thin man with a stoop

noun

A porch with steps in front of a house or other building.

Usage examples:

We've been sitting on the front stoop of an unlit house, blinking into the darkness, waiting, or so…

noun

A feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true.

Usage examples:

She had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her

noun

A feeling or belief that something is likely or true

Usage examples:

[ + that clause ] there are suspicions that he may not be able to play at all., [ c ] his strange b…

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

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…