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- Dictionaryhump/hʌmp/
noun
- 1. a rounded raised mass of earth or land: "they sat on a hump of cropped grass"
- 2. a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel or other animal or as an abnormality on the back of a person: "his back rose into a kind of hump at the base of the spine"
verb
- 1. carry (a heavy object) with difficulty: informal British "he continued to hump cases up and down the hotel corridor" Similar
- 2. make hump-shaped: "he turned and humped his body to avoid a rope" Similar Opposite
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Sep 22, 2012 · The meaning of HUMP is a rounded protuberance. How to use hump in a sentence. a rounded protuberance: such as; humpback; a fleshy protuberance on the back of an animal (such as a camel, bison, or whale)…
a large, round, raised lump or part: The car swerved when it hit a hump in the road. A hump is also a round, raised part on a person’s or animal’s back: a camel’s hump. (Definition of hump from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
noun. 1. a rounded protuberance or projection, as of earth, sand, etc. 2. pathology. a rounded deformity of the back in persons with kyphosis, consisting of a convex spinal curvature. 3. a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel or related animal. 4. See the hump.
noun. /hʌmp/ Idioms. a large mass that sticks out above the surface of something, especially the ground. the dark hump of the mountain in the distance. (British English) a road/speed/traffic hump (= a hump on a road that forces traffic to drive more slowly) see also speed hump. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
HUMP definition: 1. a round, raised area on a road or other surface 2. a round, hard part on an animal's or person's…. Learn more.
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Define hump. hump synonyms, hump pronunciation, hump translation, English dictionary definition of hump. n. 1. A rounded mass or protuberance, such as the fleshy structure on the back of a camel or of some cattle. 2. A deformity of the back in humans caused by...
noun. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. “the hump of a camel”. synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling. see more. either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit.
HUMP meaning: 1 : a rounded lump on the surface of something: such as; 2 : a raised, rounded part of a road.
Hump definition: a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.. See examples of HUMP used in a sentence.
