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Meaning of 'jump'
Meaning of 'jump' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Jump 
[ a.]
- Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [ a.]2. Jump [ adv.]
- Exactly; pat. [ adv.]3. Jump [ n.]
- A kind of loose jacket for men. [ n.]- A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.
- The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound.
- An effort; an attempt; a venture.
- The space traversed by a leap.
- A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
- An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
4. Jump [ v. i.]
- To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of
the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to
bound; to leap. [ v. i.]- To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt.
- To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with.
5. Jump [ v. t.]
- To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a
stream. [ v. t.]- To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
- To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
- To join by a butt weld.
- To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
- To bore with a jumper.
Meaning of 'jump' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. jump [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a sudden and decisive increase
- a sudden and decisive increase
Example in sentence:
- a jump in attendance
Meaning (2):
- an abrupt transition
- an abrupt transition
Example in sentence:
- a successful leap from college to the major leagues
Meaning (3):
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
Example in sentence:
- he advanced in a series of jumps;
- the jumping was unexpected
Meaning (4):
- a sudden involuntary movement
- a sudden involuntary movement
Example in sentence:
- he awoke with a start
Meaning (5):
- descent with a parachute
- descent with a parachute
Example in sentence:
- he had done a lot of parachuting in the army
2. jump [ v]
[ v]Meaning (6):
- enter eagerly into
- enter eagerly into
Example in sentence:
- He jumped into the game
Meaning (7):
- bypass
- bypass
Example in sentence:
- He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible
Meaning (8):
- rise in rank or status
- rise in rank or status
Example in sentence:
- Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
Meaning (9):
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
Example in sentence:
- jump from one thing to another;
- jump to a conclusion;
- leap into fame
Meaning (10):
- increase suddenly and significantly
- increase suddenly and significantly
Example in sentence:
- Prices jumped overnight
Meaning (11):
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
Example in sentence:
- She startled when I walked into the room
Meaning (12):
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- move forward by leaps and bounds
Example in sentence:
- Can you jump over the fence?;
- The child leapt across the puddle;
- The horse bounded across the meadow
Meaning (13):
- make a sudden physical attack on
- make a sudden physical attack on
Example in sentence:
- The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat
Meaning (14):
- jump down from an elevated point
- jump down from an elevated point
Example in sentence:
- every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge;
- the parachutist didn't want to jump;
- the widow leapt into the funeral pyre
Meaning (15):
- run off or leave the rails
- run off or leave the rails
Example in sentence:
- the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks
Meaning (16):
- cause to jump or leap
- cause to jump or leap
Example in sentence:
- the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop
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