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HIGH JUMP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("high jump" is a kind of...):
jumping (the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "high jump"):
Fosbury flop (jumping over the bar backwards and head first)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("high jump" is a kind of...):
field event (a competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track)