Protuberance - English meaning

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

A severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin, typically infected with staphylococcus bacteria.

Usage examples:

It can be made into a salve or the tincture can be painted on boils, felons, carbuncles, abscesses,…

noun

A large painful swelling under the skin

noun

Fame or acknowledged superiority within a particular sphere.

Usage examples:

Her eminence in cinematography

noun

The state of being famous and important

Usage examples:

His eminence as a lawyer

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

The process of increasing in size.

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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…

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

verb

Extend out, over, or beyond the main body or line of something.

Usage examples:

A rock jutted out from the side of the bank

noun

A point that sticks out.

Usage examples:

We stopped on a jut of land

verb

To stick out, esp. above or beyond the edge or surface of something

Usage examples:

A large ship was docked at the pier that jutted out into the harbor.

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 narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface.

Usage examples:

He heaved himself up over a ledge

noun

A narrow, flat area like a shelf that sticks out from a building, cliff, or other vertical surface

Usage examples:

A window ledge

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

Something that grows out of something else.

Usage examples:

The eye first appears as an outgrowth from the brain

verb

Hang or extend outwards over.

Usage examples:

A concrete path overhung by jacaranda trees

noun

A part of something that extends or hangs over something else.

Usage examples:

He crouched beneath an overhang of bushes

verb

(of something at a high level) to stick out farther than something at a lower level and therefore not to have any support from below, or to hang over

Usage examples:

The balcony overhangs the patio, creating a shady place to sit., the house has a deep overhang faci…

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 long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed.

Usage examples:

The north-east ridge of everest

verb

Mark with or form into narrow raised bands.

Usage examples:

A field ploughed in narrow stretches that are ridged up slightly

noun

A long, narrow, raised part of a surface, esp. a high edge of a hill or mountain

Usage examples:

A mountain ridge, plowed ridges looked like stripes across the field.

noun

A flat length of wood or other rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects.

Usage examples:

The pieces were displayed on shelves, propped against the wall, emphasizing their three-dimensional…

verb

Inform on (someone).

Usage examples:

He never shelfed a man in his life

noun

A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

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…