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Hump Common

Hump has 6 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"

"the hump of a camel"

"he stood on the rocky prominence"

"the occipital protuberance was well developed"

"the bony excrescence between its horns"

2

A mound of earth.

"The heavy rain had washed away most of the garden, leaving only a small hump of earth where the rose bush used to grow."

Verb
1

round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

"He humped his back as he tried to lift the heavy box onto the high shelf."

2

have sexual intercourse with

"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"

"Adam knew Eve"

"Were you ever intimate with this man?"

3

To bend something into a hump.

"The old man had to hump his back for hours while carrying that heavy sack of rice on his shoulders."

Proper Noun
1

The Himalayas, as the challenge for the supply route between India and China.

"The mountain pass became their hump, a formidable barrier that nearly halted the entire supply line to Lhasa."

Example Sentences
"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge" noun
"the hump of a camel" noun
"he stood on the rocky prominence" noun
"the occipital protuberance was well developed" noun
"the bony excrescence between its horns" noun
"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm" verb
"Adam knew Eve" verb
"Were you ever intimate with this man?" verb
See Also
camel spine monkey humping football humps humpee hunch humplike speed hump
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
projection change posture copulate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
frontal eminence occipital protuberance belly caput mogul nub snag wart take fornicate
Rhyming Words
ump bump mump tump rump dump yump gump jump sump lump pump frump crump flump slump clump krump klump thump
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