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as in mountain
an elevation of land higher than a hill a cloud-capped hump straddles the border separating the two countries

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Recent Examples of hump
Noun
Troll nightcrawler harness rigs 20 to 30 feet deep along flats, points and humps. Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025 The full journey—there and back—would span 50 miles and climb a total of 7,100 feet, across two camel-like humps. Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
He was humped over, digging at something in the leaf carpet. Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025 In Out in the Country (1939), a woman lounges in a farmyard, seemingly relaxed, but a brood of trees and distant humped hills like burial mounds spoil the bucolic mood. Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hump
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hump
Noun
  • While Shrek pouts about missing his solo ogre days, the dastardly Rumpelstiltskin takes advantage, offering him a contract to relive that romanticized time in his life — for a day.
    Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Officials identified the trail camera footage from the Dhofar mountains as the first time Arabian leopards had been seen preying on rock hyrax on video.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
  • According to National Geographic, about 374 climbers from 49 countries have scaled the mountain this year.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Its water supply was perennially ensured with massive reservoirs cut into bedrock to the east of the hill upon which it was founded.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That’s among the reasons Sunday on the hill at Bethpage Black was perhaps the best moment in Lowry’s golfing life.
    Brody Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The arrival of Clark and other high-profile young players have contributed to a boom in popularity for the long-struggling league.
    Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Broncos are 2-2 and coming off a dominating 28-3 victory over the struggling Cincinnati Bengals.
    Hunter Simpson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sogard sliced a base hit to center and took advantage of Judge’s arm, speeding to second on what should have been a single.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • With more than 100 products, each with domain specific-functionality, Hron sees many more opportunities to plug in agentic AI to speed up work for legal and tax professionals.
    John Kell, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Having finished the 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado and California’s Sierra Range — including Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the Lower 48 states at 14,500 feet — the next stop for the renowned Spanish endurance athlete is Mount Shasta in northern California, near the Oregon border.
    John Meyer, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Plus, enjoy a special sneak peak of the Below Deck Down Under premiere, featuring the The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cross-over charter.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Robertson then returned to the mound for the seventh — and immediately put two on.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The jar was then sealed and tucked into an ant mound to ferment overnight.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Let it never be said that Taylor Alison Swift doesn’t strive to be amazing.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This is especially true for the young Latine children and families who are striving to learn the local language and customs of a country that’s already waging war against them.
    Priscilla Blossom, Time, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Hump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hump. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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