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I do Pilates because it's important for me to have a healthy back when I'm 70 so I'm not hunched over and in pain. That's more important to me than being thin.
Cobie Smulders

Meaning of "hunched" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HUNCHED

hunched  [hʌntʃt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUNCHED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hunched is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HUNCHED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hunched in the English dictionary

The definition of hunched in the dictionary is leaning forwards with their shoulders raised and their head down, or in the posture adopted by a hunched person.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HUNCHED


catapult-launched
ˈkætəpʌltˌlɔːntʃt
drenched
drentʃt
entrenched
ɪnˈtrentʃt
finched
ˈfɪntʃt
haunched
hɔːntʃt
multibranched
ˈmʌltɪˌbrɑːntʃt
pinched
pɪntʃt
sun-drenched
ˈsʌndrentʃt
unblenched
ʌnˈblɛntʃt
unbranched
ʌnˈbrɑːntʃt
unquenched
ʌnˈkwɛntʃt
unstanched
ʌnˈstɑːntʃt
unstaunched
ʌnˈstɔːntʃt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUNCHED

hunch
hunchback
hunchbacked
hundred
hundred days
Hundred Years´ War
hundred-percenter
hundred-percentism
hundred-year-old
hundreder
hundredfold
hundreds
hundreds and thousands
hundredth
hundredweight
hung
Hung Hsiu-ch´uan
hung jury
hung over
hung parliament

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUNCHED

arched
bleached
botched
credit-crunched
detached
etched
mismatched
notched
outstretched
patched
perched
pitched
researched
ruched
stretched
touched
unmatched
untouched
untrenched
wretched

Synonyms and antonyms of hunched in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HUNCHED»

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

Translation of «hunched» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUNCHED

Find out the translation of hunched to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hunched from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hunched» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

弓着身的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jorobado
570 millions of speakers

English

hunched
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hunched
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منحنية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сгорбившись
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corcunda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাঁকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voûté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membongkok
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gebeugt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

猫背の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

등을 둥글게 한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hunched
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hunched
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Hunched
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kambur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incurvato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zgarbiony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

згорбившись
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cocoșat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καμπούρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geboë
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

krökt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

krum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hunched

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUNCHED»

The term «hunched» is regularly used and occupies the 71.764 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HUNCHED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hunched

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5 QUOTES WITH «HUNCHED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hunched.
1
Julian Baggini
True humility is expressed in deeds, not words. The humble are those who truly walk the same ground as everyone else - not necessarily with grovelling, hunched backs, but certainly not lording it over others, either.
2
Joan Collins
I don't use e-mail; I phone and fax. I think people who are hunched over their computer screens all day should get a life.
3
Lindsay Davenport
I wasn't a perfect thing at 17. I didn't have confidence. I was hunched over and real embarrassed, and I didn't want to be in the limelight. But it changed over time.
4
Cobie Smulders
I do Pilates because it's important for me to have a healthy back when I'm 70 so I'm not hunched over and in pain. That's more important to me than being thin.
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Cobie Smulders
I do Pilates because it's important for me to have a healthy back when I'm 70 so I'm not hunched over and in pain.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUNCHED»

Discover the use of hunched in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hunched and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Hunched Man and Other Poems
The rest of the poems and the one short story are lighter adventures into the mix and magic of our lives and the words we use to meet and match our moments with each other.
Stan Smith, 2013
2
New Zealand Journal of Zoology
... mate (10) Female: posture without dancing (18), hunched legs displays (42), truncated leap (16). charge (10) M-O x M-O 60 Posture without dancing (100), gesture without dancing (87), semaphore waving (12). hunched legs displays (83 ), ...
3
The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge
The hunch, the length and quality of the hair, and the form of the horns, are the sole characters by which the Bison is distinguished from the Aurochs ; but the hunched oxen couple and produce with our oxen ; and we likewise know, «that the ...
‎1835
4
Path of Thorns
A hunched back, few wrinkles, constant pain, arthritis, age. Seventy eight human numbers, a human caged in human terms, destitute man, desolate time, cage of mind in front of the light. A hunched back left now, few tears, few wrinkles, some ...
Manolis, 2006
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Brettus cingulatus \ Lateral hunched legs This display was similar to hunched legs Position 2 of Portia. Legs I-III were held out about perpendicular to the side of the body, legs I and II being highly flexed. Tarsi I and, sometimes, II were held just ...
6
The Naturalist's library: containing scientific and popular ...
But the most remarkable difference is that which divides .them into two classes ; viz. the aurochs, or ox without a hunch on its back, and the bison, or hunched ox. All the tame oxen without hunches, have proceeded from the aurochs, and all ...
Augustus Addison Gould, 1854
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Living with Sheep: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your ...
If it fails to stretch, it may also have a hunched back—a sure sign that it is cold and stiff. You'll notice that all of your lambs are slightly hunched during their first few hours of life and that their spines straighten out once they warm up and start ...
Geoff Hansen, Chuck Wooster, 2007
8
Buffon's Natural history of man, the globe, and of quadrupeds
India, we have the greatest reason to think that it would also couple with the Bison, or hunched ox of Europe. Notwithstanding this, however, we are not to be surprised, that the two kinds have not melted ot coalesced into a mongrel breed,  ...
Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (comte de), Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, 1857
9
Natural History of Man, the Globe, and of Quadrupeds, with ...
India, we have the greatest reason to think that it Would also couple with the Bison. or hunched ox of Europe. Notwithstanding this, however, we are not to be surprised, that the two kinds have not melted or coalesced into a mongrel breed,  ...
Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, 1857
10
The Natural History of Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals: ...
On the contrary, the breed of the bison, or hunched ox, sills all the southern provinces at this present time; in the whole continent of East India, the istands of the South Seas, in all Africa, from Mount Atlas to the Cape of Good Hope, we sind , as I ...
Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, 1775

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUNCHED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hunched is used in the context of the following news items.
1
We Don't Need Spaghetti To-Go Cones, But We Didn't Need Nutella …
... which to rest one's plate or bowl, whether that be sitting at a restaurant or hunched over your legs while perched on the curb (don't judge me). «Gothamist, Jul 15»
2
A hobbit holiday on Orcas Island: Take a trip to a magical place | The …
Watch out for the troll: a thick stump hunched by the path, given pine cone eyes and teeth by some imaginative hiker. Keep left as the trail ... «TheNewsTribune.com, Jul 15»
3
6 ways to overhaul your company's meetings - Mashable
For many of us though, our meeting reality looks a little more like resentful employees hunched over laptops, multitasking during a half hour of ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
4
Seven day shift patterns are a must and I should know - Telegraph
Maybe I misremember his chuckle at the end. In my defence, I was twisted and hunched in pain like Quasimodo, almost deaf, blind in one eye, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Yoga recovery poses for cyclists | GJFreePress.com
The hunched-over posture of cycling contradicts the natural curves of the spine. It compresses your heart, lungs, diaphragm and abdominal ... «Grand Junction Free Press, Jul 15»
6
New Video Of Sandra Bland's Arrest Surfaces, Raises Questions …
“You just slammed my head into the ground,” the woman in the video, believed to be Bland, tells the two police officers who appear hunched ... «MTV.com, Jul 15»
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Column: Times changing in Cuba, but not always for the better …
As a Cuban-American, I was struck with pity for future hunched-over souls — not many, yet — looking into their laps and turning away from what ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
8
Review: Apple Watch Gets Another Convert : Discovery News
I think it would be a shock to most people if they logged the hours spent each day hunched over, staring at the phone, obsessing about ... «Discovery News, Jul 15»
9
Tampa firefighters recount Sunday's dog rescue on Davis Islands …
... company approached the Davis Islands Dog Park, they noticed a throng of 75 people gathered on the beach, hunched over and panicked. «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
10
A Series of Unfortunate Questions for Daniel Handler - Boing Boing
I have a distinct memory of changing my clothes after gym class, and the guys in the locker room, hunched over a centerfold, calling me “fag” ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»

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