Hump definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HUMP, n. [L.umbo.] The protuberance formed by a crooked back; as a camel with one hump,or two humps. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the ... developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] v ... by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward [syn: hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over] 2: have sexual intercourse with; " ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary HUNCH,n. [See the Verb.] A hump; a protuberance; as the hunch of a camel. 1. A ... by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward [syn: hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over] Merriam Webster's I. verb Etymology ... of hunching ; push 2. a. a thick piece ; lump b. hump 3. a strong intuitive feeling concerning especially a future event ... v. & n. --v. 1 tr. bend or arch into a hump. 2 tr. thrust out or up to form a hump. 3 intr. (usu. foll. by up) US sit with the ... an intuitive feeling or conjecture. 2 a hint. 3 a hump. 4 a thick piece. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. ...
... bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. 2. Hunched; hump-backed; crook-backed. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1 ... Middle English, from Late Latin gibbosus humpbacked, from Latin gibbus hump Date: 14th century 1. a. marked by convexity or swelling ... not all of the apparent disk illuminated 2. having a hump ; humpbacked Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 convex or protuberant. 2 ... adv. gibbousness n. Etymology: ME f. LL gibbosus f. gibbus hump Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gibbous Gib"bous, a. [Cf. F ... will rise, and make a gibbous member. --Wiseman. 2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. -- Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib ... Synonyms a. 1. Convex, protuberant, swelling, rounded. 2. Humped, hunched, hump-backed, crook-backed. Moby Thesaurus arched, arciform, arclike, arcual, ...
Humpback definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HUMP'BACK, n. A crooked back; high shoulders. WordNet (r) 3 ... Reference Dictionary n. 1 a a deformed back with a hump. b a person having this. 2 a baleen whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, with a dorsal fin forming a hump. Phrases and idioms: humpback bridge Brit. a small bridge with ... and descent. Derivatives: humpbacked adj. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Humpback Hump"back`, n. [Cf. Hunchback.] 1. A crooked back; a humped ... a) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The ...
... of the Pacific coast. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Humpbacked salmon Hump"backed` salm"on A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) which ascends ... In the breeding season the male has a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Humpback Hump"back`, n. [Cf. Hunchback.] 1. A crooked back; a humped ... a) Any whale of the genus Megaptera, characterized by a hump or bunch on the back. Several species are known. The ...
... piece of rising ground, esp. in a marsh. 3 a hump or ridge in an ice-field. Derivatives: hummocky adj. Etymology ... 1913 Dictionary Hummock Hum"mock, n. [Prob. a dim. of hump. See Hump.] 1. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground ... n. 1. Hillock, knoll, knob of soil. 2. Ridge, pile, hump, knob, protuberance (in a field of ice). Moby Thesaurus anthill ...
... chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a hump Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Spanish, from Quechua Date: 1600 ... ruminants related to the camels but smaller and without a hump; especially a domesticated llama (L. glama) descended from the guanaco ... allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the ... thick hair, which looks like a small camel without a hump. N-COUNT
... Oxford Reference Dictionary 1. adj. (humpier, humpiest) 1 having a hump or humps. 2 humplike. 2. n. (pl. -ies) Austral. a primitive hut. Etymology: Aboriginal oompi, infl. by HUMP Webster's 1913 Dictionary Humpy Hump"y, a. Full of humps or bunches; covered with protuberances ...
... ZEBU, n. A variety of the common ox, with a hump on the shoulders. It is found in the East Indies ... species (B. indicus) and are characterized by a large fleshy hump over the shoulders, a dewlap, pendulous ears, and marked resistance ... ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic ...
... the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the ... developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 3 ... high-pressure area, hill, hit, hit against, hole, humble, humbling, hump, hunch, hurt, hurtle, hustle, ice, ichnite, ichnolite, impact, impinge, impingement ...
... the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the ... developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] v ... flying start, gall, gnarl, goggle, handicap, handle, head start, hill, hump, hunch, inside track, jog, joggle, jump, jut, knob, knot, knur ...
... short horns and heavy forequarters surmounted by a large fleshy hump: as a. wisent b. buffalo 1c(1) • bisontine adjective Britannica ... bovid that has a convex forehead and a pronounced shoulder hump. Its dark-brown, coarse hair is especially long on the ... Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. same) either of two wild hump-backed shaggy-haired oxen of the genus Bison, native to ...