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bump definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bump 2 of 5 senses of bump Sense 4 demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs => reduce Sense 5 dislodge, displace, bump => throw Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bump 2 of 5 senses of bump Sense 4 demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs => reduce Sense 5 dislodge, displace, bump => throw Entailment of verb bump Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb bump 5 senses of bump Sense 1 bump, knock => hit, strike, impinge on run into collide with Also See-> bump into#1 Sense 2 find happen, chance, bump, encounter Sense 3 bump => dance, trip the light fantastic Sense 4 demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs => delegate, designate, depute, assign Also See-> bump off#1 Sense 5 dislodge, displace, bump => expel, eject, chuck out exclude, throw out kick out turf out boot out turn out Familiarity of verb bump bump used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bump Sense 1 bump, knock => hit, strike, impinge on run into collide with -------------- Sense 2 find happen, chance, bump, encounter -------------- Sense 3 bump => dance, trip the light fantastic -------------- Sense 4 demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs => delegate, designate, depute, assign -------------- Sense 5 dislodge, displace, bump => expel, eject, chuck out exclude, throw out kick out turf out boot out turn out -------------- Grep of noun bump bump bumper bumper car bumper guard bumper jack bumpiness bumpkin bumptiousness goose bump speed bump Overview of noun bump The noun bump has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bump -- (a lump on the body caused by a blow) 2. bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence -- (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form) 3. bump, blow -- (an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle") Overview of verb bump The verb bump has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) bump, knock -- (knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree") 2. (1) find happen, chance, bump, encounter -- (come upon as if by accident; meet with "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day") 3. (1) bump -- (dance erotically, as in "bump and grind": dance with the pelvis thrust forward) 4. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs -- (assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up") 5. dislodge, displace, bump -- (remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space") Grep of adj bump bumper bumper-to-bumper bumpkinly bumptious bumpy Overview of noun bump The noun bump has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bump -- (a lump on the body caused by a blow) 2. bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence -- (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form) 3. bump, blow -- (an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle") Overview of verb bump The verb bump has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) bump, knock -- (knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree") 2. (1) find happen, chance, bump, encounter -- (come upon as if by accident; meet with "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day") 3. (1) bump -- (dance erotically, as in "bump and grind": dance with the pelvis thrust forward) 4. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs -- (assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up") 5. dislodge, displace, bump -- (remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space")
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