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HUNCH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of bending yourself into a humped position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

bending (the act of bending something)

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

An impression that something might be the case

Example:

he had an intuition that something had gone wrong

Synonyms:

hunch; intuition; suspicion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

belief; feeling; impression; notion; opinion (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed)

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

bosom; heart (the locus of feelings and intuitions)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

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 "hunch" is one way to...):

change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)

"Hunch" entails doing...:

bend; flex (form a curve)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

hunch (the act of bending yourself into a humped position)

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