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JUMP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

Example:

the jumping was unexpected

Synonyms:

jump; jumping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("jump" is a kind of...):

actuation; propulsion (the act of propelling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jump"):

header (a headlong jump (or fall))

hop (the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot))

bounce; bound; leap; leaping; saltation; spring (a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards)

hurdle; vault (the act of jumping over an obstacle)

jumping up and down (jumping in one spot (as in excitement))

capriole ((dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump)

Derivation:

jump (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Descent with a parachute

Example:

he had done a lot of parachuting in the army

Synonyms:

jump; parachuting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("jump" is a kind of...):

descent (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jump"):

skydiving (performing acrobatics in free fall before pulling the ripcord of a parachute)

Derivation:

jump (jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A sudden involuntary movement

Example:

he awoke with a start

Synonyms:

jump; start; startle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("jump" is a kind of...):

inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; reflex action; reflex response; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jump"):

startle reaction; startle response (a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions)

Moro reflex; startle reflex (a normal reflex of young infants; a sudden loud noise causes the child to stretch out the arms and flex the legs)

flinch; wince (a reflex response to sudden pain)

Derivation:

jump (move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm)

jumpy (causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("jump" is a kind of...):

transition (a passage that connects a topic to one that follows)

Derivation:

jump (pass abruptly from one state or topic to another)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An abrupt transition

Example:

a successful leap from college to the major leagues

Synonyms:

jump; leap; saltation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("jump" is a kind of...):

transition (a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jump"):

quantum jump ((physics) an abrupt transition of an electron or atom or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum)

Derivation:

jump (rise in rank or status)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A sudden and decisive increase

Example:

a jump in attendance

Synonyms:

jump; leap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("jump" is a kind of...):

increase (a change resulting in an increase)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jump"):

quantum jump; quantum leap (a sudden large increase or advance)

Derivation:

jump (increase suddenly and significantly)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

Synonyms:

alternate; jump

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

alter; change; vary (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Rise in rank or status

Example:

Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list

Synonyms:

climb up; jump; rise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

jump (an abrupt transition)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Increase suddenly and significantly

Example:

Prices jumped overnight

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

climb; mount; rise; wax (go up or advance)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

jump (a sudden and decisive increase)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

Example:

jump from one thing to another

Synonyms:

jump; leap

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

change; shift; switch (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

jump ((film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Bypass

Example:

He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible

Synonyms:

jump; pass over; skip; skip over

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

drop; leave out; miss; neglect; omit; overleap; overlook; pretermit (leave undone or leave out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Enter eagerly into

Example:

He jumped into the game

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

enter; participate (become a participant; be involved in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 7

Meaning:

Make a sudden physical attack on

Example:

The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

assail; assault; attack; set on (attack someone physically or emotionally)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 8

Meaning:

Start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

Synonyms:

jump; jump-start; jumpstart

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

start; start up (get going or set in motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

These cars won't jump

Sense 9

Meaning:

Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

Example:

She startled when I walked into the room

Synonyms:

jump; start; startle

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jump"):

shy (start suddenly, as from fright)

boggle (startle with amazement or fear)

rear back (start with anger or resentment or in protest)

jackrabbit (go forward or start with a fast, sudden movement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

jump (a sudden involuntary movement)

Sense 10

Meaning:

Move forward by leaps and bounds

Example:

Can you jump over the fence?

Synonyms:

bound; jump; leap; spring

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jump"):

hop (make a jump forward or upward)

caper (jump about playfully)

hop; hop-skip; skip (jump lightly)

curvet (perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse)

overleap; vault (jump across or leap over (an obstacle))

leapfrog (jump across)

vault (bound vigorously)

saltate (leap or skip, often in dancing)

ski jump (jump on skis)

galumph (move around heavily and clumsily)

capriole (perform a capriole, of horses in dressage)

bounce (leap suddenly)

burst (move suddenly, energetically, or violently)

bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop (spring back; spring away from an impact)

pronk (jump straight up)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

The horses jump across the field

Also:

jump on (get up on the back of)

Derivation:

jump; jumping (the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground)

Sense 11

Meaning:

Cause to jump or leap

Example:

the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop

Synonyms:

jump; leap

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Cause:

bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The men jump the horses across the field

Sense 12

Meaning:

Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

Synonyms:

chute; jump; parachute

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

dive; plunge; plunk (drop steeply)

"Jump" entails doing...:

glide (fly in or as if in a glider plane)

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "jump"):

sky dive; skydive (jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

jump (descent with a parachute)

Sense 13

Meaning:

Run off or leave the rails

Example:

the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks

Synonyms:

derail; jump

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 14

Meaning:

Jump down from an elevated point

Example:

the widow leapt into the funeral pyre

Synonyms:

jump; jump off; leap

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 15

Meaning:

Be highly noticeable

Synonyms:

jump; jump out; leap out; stand out; stick out

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "jump" is one way to...):

appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
It ----s that CLAUSE

Credits

 Context examples: 

Now, jump in, and let us see if I can repair the consequences of my own blunder.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As I came in he gave quite a jump in his chair and turned quickly to Miss Stoper.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I think I could jump over it," said the Cowardly Lion, after measuring the distance carefully in his mind.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I took a run, but unfortunately jumped short, and found myself just in the middle up to my knees.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

There are no marks of any one jumping down upon the other side.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then jump for the topsails and spread them quick as God’ll let you—the quicker you do it the easier you’ll find it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“I'll take what I have,” she said, jumping to her feet.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

By 2012, sales had jumped to roughly 476 million tons.

(Pesticides blamed for rise in colon cancer deaths, SciDev.Net)

You were not there; but indeed I did; and, if Mr. Thorpe would only have stopped, I would have jumped out and run after you.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

How hollow it sounded when we jumped down on to the wooden floor!

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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