hump

CEFRC1

/hʌmp/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A rounded raised part or area on something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.

Examples

  • A camel can store a large amount of water in the hump on its back.

  • The hunchback doesn't see his own hump but his companion's.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A speed bump or speed hump.

  2. A mound of earth.

  3. A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.

More examples

In context

  • This job gives me the hump.

  • Go away! You're giving me the right hump.

  • She's got the hump with me.

Synonyms

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The camel's blank stored fat to help it survive long trips without food.

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Origin

noun

Probably borrowed from Dutch homp (“hump, lump”) or Middle Low German hump (“heap, hill, stump”), from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (“curved”). Compare Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb-, *ḱewb- (unnasalised root), and English hub (a softened variant without nasal?). Cognate with West Frisian hompe (“lump, chunk”), Icelandic huppur (“flank”), Welsh cwm (“a hollow”), Latin incumbō (“to lie down”), Albanian sumbull (“round button, bud”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “bowl”), Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀 (xumba, “pot”), Sanskrit कुम्ब (kúmba, “thick end of bone”). Replaced, and pe...