What does bump mean?

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[n] a lump on the body caused by a blow[v] knock against with force or violence(My car bumped into the tree)[n] 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

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[n] a lump on the body caused by a blow

[v] knock against with force or violence
(My car bumped into the tree)

[n] 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)

[v] 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)

[n] an impact (as from a collision)
(the bump threw him off the bicycle)

[v] dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward
(bump and grind)

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

[v] remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied
(The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space)

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