bump
part of speech
noun (a bump, bumps); verb (bump, bumps, bumped, bumping)
meaning for a pupil
1) A bump is a raised round part on a surface, like a bump in a road. tree →
2) A bump is a swelling on your body where you have been hit. tree →
3) To bump into something is to hit it by accident. tree →
4) To bump into someone is to meet them by chance. tree →
5) A bump is a dull sound of something hitting something. tree →
sense in the lessons
In safety, a bump on the head should be told to an adult, especially if you feel sick or dizzy. In road safety, speed bumps make cars slow down. In stories, a bump in the night is a scary sound. Phrases: bump into, bump your head, speed bump, a bumpy ride, things that go bump in the night.
examples
- I bumped my head on the cupboard. tree →
- He has a big bump on his knee. tree →
- Slow down for the speed bump. tree →
- I bumped into my teacher at the shop. tree →
- We heard a bump upstairs. tree →
- The bus bumped along the country road. tree →
- Careful not to bump the table. tree →
- Do you see this little bump on his forehead? tree →
note
Past form bumped. Adjective: bumpy. "Bump into" is used both for hitting and for meeting by chance; context tells which. A bump on the head that brings sleepiness, vomiting or confusion needs a doctor.
In the corpora
- You should always ask before touching someone's bump.
- Snakes push their bodies against bumps on the ground to move, and pythons still have tiny leg bones left from ancestors with legs.
- Warts on people are caused by a virus that passes between people, not by toads; the bumps on a toad are glands.
- The soles of a polar bear's paws have fur and small bumps that grip the ice and keep the feet warm.
- In 2022 the DART spacecraft bumped into an asteroid and changed its path, a test of how to protect Earth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bump» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.