a lump on the body caused by a blow

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge; the hump of a camel; he stood on the rocky prominence; the occipital protuberance was well developed; the bony excrescence between its horns

[ Syn: bulge , hump , swelling , gibbosity , gibbousness , jut , prominence , protuberance , protrusion , extrusion , excrescence ]

an impact (as from a collision); the bump threw him off the bicycle

[ Syn: blow ]

knock against with force or violence; My car bumped into the tree

[ Syn: knock ]

come upon, as if by accident; meet with; We find this idea in Plato; I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here; She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day

[ Syn: find , happen , chance , encounter ]

dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; bump and grind'

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; She was demoted because she always speaks up; He was broken down to Sergeant

[ Syn: demote , relegate , break , kick downstairs ]

remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space

[ Syn: dislodge ]