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HUMP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

the bony excrescence between its horns

Synonyms:

bulge; bump; excrescence; extrusion; gibbosity; gibbousness; hump; jut; prominence; protrusion; protuberance; swelling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("hump" is a kind of...):

projection (any solid convex shape that juts out from something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hump"):

frontal eminence (either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit)

occipital protuberance (prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone)

belly (a part that bulges deeply)

caput (a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure)

mogul (a bump on a ski slope)

nub; nubble (a small lump or protuberance)

snag (a sharp protuberance)

wart (any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals))

Derivation:

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

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have sexual intercourse with

Example:

Were you ever intimate with this man?

Synonyms:

bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep together; sleep with

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "hump" is one way to...):

copulate; couple; mate; pair (engage in sexual intercourse)

Verb group:

make out; neck (kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hump"):

have; take (have sex with; archaic use)

fornicate (have sex without being married)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

hump; hunch; hunch forward; hunch over

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "hump" is one way to...):

change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)

"Hump" entails doing...:

bend; flex (form a curve)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

hump (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Hump, he said at last, I must get into my bunk.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Hump, do you know the parable of the sower who went forth to sow?

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Hump, he said, I beg pardon, Mr. Van Weyden, I congratulate you.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)