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Another word for hump

hump Synonyms

hump

n.

protuberance, mound, bump, swelling, camel hump, humpback, hunchback, hummock, protrusion, elevation, convexity, knob, knap, convexedness, excrescence, prominence, knurl, monticle, eminence, boss, projection, swell, hunch, barrow, gibbosity, lump, dune, tumescence, kopje; see also bulge, hill.

hump* Synonyms

hump*

v.

rush, work hard, speed up; see hurry 1.

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Another word for hump

noun

An unevenness or elevation on a surface:

bump, knob, knot, lump¹, nub, protuberance. See convex

verb

To incline the body:

arch, bend, bow¹, hunch, scrunch, stoop. See posture

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The visceral hump is low and not drawn out into a spire.
They seem to be of the humped variety, but with the hump evanescent.
In the Green Mountains the highest point, Mansfield, is 4364 ft.; Lincoln (4078), Killington (4241), Camel Hump (4088); and a number of other heights exceed 3000 ft.
This animal sometimes attains the height of 20 hands (close on 7 ft.), measuring from the hump above the shoulder.
Growth is greater in the vertical dorso-ventral axis than in the longitudinal oro-anal axis; consequently the foot is relatively small and projects as a blunt process between mouth and anus, which are not widely distant from one another, whilst the antipedal area projects in the form of a great hump or dome.

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