Meaning of "hump" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HUMP

Probably from earlier humpbacked.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HUMP

hump  [hʌmp]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUMP

Hump is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hump in English.

WHAT DOES HUMP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hump in the English dictionary

The first definition of hump in the dictionary is a rounded protuberance or projection, as of earth, sand, etc. Other definition of hump is a rounded deformity of the back in persons with kyphosis, consisting of a convex spinal curvature. Hump is also a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel or related animal.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HUMP

PRESENT

Present

I hump

you hump

he/she/it humps

we hump

you hump

they hump

Present continuous

I am humping

you are humping

he/she/it is humping

we are humping

you are humping

they are humping

Present perfect

I have humped

you have humped

he/she/it has humped

we have humped

you have humped

they have humped

Present perfect continuous

I have been humping

you have been humping

he/she/it has been humping

we have been humping

you have been humping

they have been humping

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I humped

you humped

he/she/it humped

we humped

you humped

they humped

Past continuous

I was humping

you were humping

he/she/it was humping

we were humping

you were humping

they were humping

Past perfect

I had humped

you had humped

he/she/it had humped

we had humped

you had humped

they had humped

Past perfect continuous

I had been humping

you had been humping

he/she/it had been humping

we had been humping

you had been humping

they had been humping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will hump

you will hump

he/she/it will hump

we will hump

you will hump

they will hump

Future continuous

I will be humping

you will be humping

he/she/it will be humping

we will be humping

you will be humping

they will be humping

Future perfect

I will have humped

you will have humped

he/she/it will have humped

we will have humped

you will have humped

they will have humped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been humping

you will have been humping

he/she/it will have been humping

we will have been humping

you will have been humping

they will have been humping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would hump

you would hump

he/she/it would hump

we would hump

you would hump

they would hump

Conditional continuous

I would be humping

you would be humping

he/she/it would be humping

we would be humping

you would be humping

they would be humping

Conditional perfect

I would have hump

you would have hump

he/she/it would have hump

we would have hump

you would have hump

they would have hump

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been humping

you would have been humping

he/she/it would have been humping

we would have been humping

you would have been humping

they would have been humping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you hump
we let´s hump
you hump

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to hump

Past participle

humped

Present Participle

humping

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «HUMP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hump» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of hump

arch · bulge · bump · carry · curve · heave · hoist · humph · hunch · knob · lift · lug · lump · mound · projection · protrusion · protuberance · shoulder · swelling · tense

TRANSLATION OF HUMP

Find out the translation of hump to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of hump from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hump» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 小山丘
• Translator English - Spanish: montículo
• English: hump
• Translator English - Hindi: कूबड़
• Translator English - Arabic: سنام
• Translator English - Russian: горб
• Translator English - Portuguese: elevação
• Translator English - Bengali: কুঁজ
• Translator English - French: bosse
• Translator English - Malay: Bonggol
• Translator English - German: Hügel
• Translator English - Japanese: 低い円丘
• Translator English - Korean: 작은 언덕
• Translator English - Javanese: Hump
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bẻ cong
• Translator English - Tamil: திமில்
• Translator English - Marathi: कुबड
• Translator English - Turkish: kambur
• Translator English - Italian: dosso
• Translator English - Polish: garb
• Translator English - Ukrainian: горб
• Translator English - Romanian: cocoașă
• Translator English - Greek: καμπούρα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bult
• Translator English - Swedish: puckel
• Translator English - Norwegian: hump

8 QUOTES WITH «HUMP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hump.

1

A. S. Byatt

In my mind's eye, Shakespeare is a huge, hot sea-beast, with fire in his veins and ice on his claws and inscrutable eyes, who looks like an inchoate hump under the encrustations of live barnacle-commentaries, limpets and trailing weeds.

2

Dennis Eckersley

The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game.

3

Uta Hagen

We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.

4

Jon Katz

It's natural canine behavior to chew on all sorts of things, roll in other animals' droppings, hump and fight other dogs, menace anything that invades the home. All these behaviors can be curbed, but that takes a lot of work. Trainers say it requires nearly 2,000 repetitions of a behavior for a dog to completely absorb it.

5

Mitch Lasky

Free-to-play isn't a business model. Free-to-play is a marketing strategy. It's a way to get people over the hump of trying out your game. It gets rid of the friction that happens when you charge an upfront fee.

6

Herman Melville

He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it.

7

Ted Nugent

I hump the wild to take it all in, there is no bag limit on happiness.

8

Earl Weaver

The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUMP»

Discover the use of hump in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hump and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Hump: True Tales of Sex After Kids

Hump is organized into thought-providing sections, including chapters such as: --“Back in the Saddle” (first-time-after-childbirth sex) --“I touch myself” (self—ahem—explanatory) --“Snip!” (vasectomies) --“Snap!” (what ...

Kimberly Ford, 2008

Flying the Hump: In Original Wwii Color

Many Hump pilots shared their personal recollections of rare photos and many untold stories to comprise this book of seat-of-the-pants flying.

Jeffrey L. Ethell, Don Downie, 2004

China Airlift-- the Hump: China's Aerial Lifeline, the ...

China's Aerial Lifeline, the Beginning of the China- Burma-India Hump Pilots Association. come a science, with precision instruments and equipment specially designed to save downed aircrewmen. In the jungle environment of Vietnam in the ...

‎1991

Flying the Hump: Memories of an Air War

Dozens of photographs, most taken by Hump airmen, show the glory and tragedy of this great air war. This book will be an important addition to the libraries of the general reader as well as the military historian.

Otha C. Spencer, 1994

The Hump: America's Strategy for Keeping China in World War II

"[In this work] the first concentrated historical study of the world's first sustained combat airlift operation, John D. Plating argues that the Hump airlift was initially undertaken to serve as a display of American support for its Chinese ...

John D. Plating, 2011

How the Camel Got Its Hump

Witty stories from around the world, and by the great writer Rudyard Kipling, "explain" how the camel got its hump. Fascinating facts about the camel round out this colorful book!

Justine Fontes, Ron Fontes, 2013

How the Camel Got His Hump

This graphic adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's tale relates how a djinn punished the camel's laziness by giving him a hump.

Rudyard Kipling, 2013

Everest: The Ultimate Hump

The satiric and irreverent humor of Tami Knight, hurled at the mother of all mountains. Everest, sacred and hallowed, is the big stuff of extreme adventure. By golly, it's the ultimate hump of the known mountaineering universe.

Tami Knight, 1999

Sexual Fitness: The Ultimate Guide to Pump While You Hump, ...

SEXUAL FITNESS is a quick reference funny-read-for-the-bedroom "sexercise" workout routine catalyst. As entertaining as they come, SEXUAL FITNESS also strives to give you an incredible and ass-kicking challenge.

D. J. Gugenheim, Marc Fellner-Erez, Anat Fellner-Erez, 2014

LIFE

A CHINA-BOUND C-46 STARTS OVER THE STORMSWEPT HIMALAYAN HUMP WHICH BEGINS IN BURMA EAST OF THE SALWEEN RIVER WITH A CLUSTER OF 18,000-FOOT PEAKS ...

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUMP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hump is used in the context of the following news items.

KSTV - Is UK ready to get over the hump this season? - cn|2

During his appearance at SEC Media Days, UK head coach Mark Stoops said he's not putting a number on the wins his team needs to see ... «cn|2, Jul 15»

Clark Hollow Ramblings: Hump day for the garden | Rappahannock …

I think I need to change my opinion about something I wrote. And, no, this has nothing to do with fixing things that aren't broke. I wrote in this ... «Rappahannock News, Jul 15»

Kentucky looking to get over the hump - SEC Blog - ESPN

HOOVER, Ala. -- Kentucky came close: a penalty here, a missed tackle there. One bounce of the ball might have been the difference between a ... «ESPN, Jul 15»

Heritage Hump Day: Windigo - "The Ballad of Reichen Overgraaben …

Every Wednesday is Heritage Hump Day! That's because every Wednesday (give or take) from now to the end of the year or before someone ... «Phoenix New Times, Jul 15»

Hump Day Wild Card -- 7.15.15 | The Spokesman-Review

I wonder why people think they simply can pet someone else's dog without asking? Last night, Mrs. O, Huckleberry & I were enjoying Celtic ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»

Power Through Hump Day With This Peggy Olson/Drake Mashup

That's right, it's only Wednesday. HOW? Power through your midweek blues/exhaustion/neurosis with this impeccable mashup of Peggy ... «The Frisky, Jul 15»

Hump Day with Humphrey: Humphrey vs. the water - The Pampa …

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Hump Day Deals: 52 Free Online Courses, Cheap Lingerie, 12 …

Hump day (AKA Wednesday) is arguably the most boring day of the week. So why not liven things up by grabbing one of these nifty online ... «Lifehacker Australia, Jul 15»

Looks like nice weather for hump day

It's going to be a nice day on Wednesday – sunny and a high of 23. Why not take the kids out to one of the city's local splash pads? File photo. «NorthernLife.ca, Jul 15»

Speed hump removal among 'priority projects' to be boosted by …

Thousands of pounds 'not spent' by Sheffield Council is to be used to fund projects including removing speed humps. A report to the authority ... «The Star, Jul 15»