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| Main Entry: |
hump
 [huhmp] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling, projection |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bump, convexedness, convexity, dune, elevation, eminence, excrescence, gibbosity, hill, hummock, hunch, knap, knob, knurl, kyphosis, mound, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, ridge, swell, tumescence |
| Antonyms: | depression |
| Main Entry: | bulge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swollen object |
| Synonyms: | appendage, bagginess, blob, bump, bunch, bunching, convexity, dilation, distention, excess, excrescence, gibbosity, growth, hump, intumescence, jut, lump, nodulation, nodule, outgrowth, outthrust, projection, prominence, promontory, protrusion, protuberance, sac, sagging, salience, salient, superfluity, swelling, tuberosity, tumefaction, tumor, wart |
| Antonyms: | depression |
| Main Entry: | cock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aim up toward |
| Synonyms: | erect, hump, perk up, pile, prick, raise, stack, stand erect, stand up, stick up |
| Notes: | the male crab or lobster is a cock; the female, a hen |
Example Sentences
- He joins in their songs and revels, and the fairies are so pleased with him that they remove his hump.
- The researchers didn't speculate what function the hump might have served.
- The patient is examined while standing and while bending forward, when a hump on one side of the back may become obvious.
| Main Entry: | convey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport |
| Synonyms: | back, bear, bring, carry, channel, conduct, dispatch, ferry, fetch, forward, funnel, grant, guide, hump, lead, lug, move, pack, pipe, ride, schlepp, send, shoulder, siphon, support, tote, traject, transfer, transmit, truck |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, maintain, retain |
| Main Entry: | endeavor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to achieve something |
| Synonyms: | address, aim, apply, aspire, assay, bid for, buck, determine, dig, do one's best, drive at, essay, go for broke, go for, grind, hammer away, hassle, have a crack, have a shot at, have a swing at, hump, hustle, intend, labor, make a run at, make an effort, offer, peg away, plug, pour it on, purpose, push, risk, scratch, seek, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, take on, take pains, try, undertake, venture |
| Antonyms: | be idle, ignore, laze, procrastinate, put off |
| Main Entry: | haul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, pull to another spot |
| Synonyms: | back, boost, bring, buck, carry, cart, convey, drag, draw, elevate, gun, heave, heel, hoist, hump, jag, lift, lug, pack, piggy back, raise, rake, remove, ride, schlepp, shift, shoulder, tote, tow, trail, transport, trawl, truck, tug |
| Main Entry: | hunch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cower, crouch |
| Synonyms: | arch, bend, bow, curve, draw in, draw together, huddle, hump, lean, scrooch down, squat, stoop, tense |
| Antonyms: | stand, straighten |
| Main Entry: | knob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, handle |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, doorknob, hump, knot, knurl, latch, lever, nub, opener, projection, protrusion, protuberance, snag, stud, swell, swelling, trigger, tumor |
| Main Entry: | lug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drag something around |
| Synonyms: | bear, buck, carry, convey, draw, ferry, haul, heave, hump, jerk, lift, lurch, pack, pull, rake, schlepp, snap, tote, tow, transport, trawl, tug, vellicate, yank |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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