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humped adjective [ hʌm(p)t ]

• having a hump or humps; hump-shaped.
• "a breed of humped cattle"
Similar: arched, bent, bowed, curved, recurved, rounded, hunched, humpbacked, hunchbacked, kyphotic, embowed, crookbacked, curviform,
Opposite: straight,

hump verb

• carry (a heavy object) with difficulty.
• "he continued to hump cases up and down the hotel corridor"
Similar: carry, lug, heave, lift, shoulder, hoist, heft, tote, schlep, humph, upheave,
• make hump-shaped.
• "he turned and humped his body to avoid a rope"
Similar: arch, curve, hunch, bend, bow, curl, crook,
Opposite: straighten,
• have sex with.
• go away.
Origin: early 18th century: probably related to Low German humpe ‘hump’, also to Dutch homp, Low German humpe ‘lump, hunk (of bread)’.


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