- hunched adj
- ['hʌntʃt]
incurvato (-a)
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hunched adj
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hunched — adj. having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect; of people. Syn: round backed, round shouldered, stooped, stooping, crooked. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hunched — [[t]hʌ̱ntʃt[/t]] ADJ If you are hunched, or hunched up, you are leaning forwards with your shoulders raised and your head down, often because you are cold, ill, or unhappy. A solitary hunched figure emerged from Number Ten... He got a stiff neck… … English dictionary
hunch — hunch1 [hʌntʃ] n if you have a hunch that something is true or will happen, you feel that it is true or will happen →↑suspicion have a hunch (that) ▪ I had a hunch that something like this would happen. sb s hunch ▪ My hunch is that she s his… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hump-backed — adj crookbacked, hunchbacked, hunched, crooked, stooped, humped, deformed, misshapen, gibbous TECHNICAL kyphotic OLD (Shakesp) bunch backed ≠ straight, upright … Useful english dictionary
light — I [[t]la͟ɪt[/t]] BRIGHTNESS OR ILLUMINATION ♦♦ lights, lighting, lit, lighted, lighter, lightest (The form lit is the usual past tense and past participle, but the form lighted is also used.) 1) N UNCOUNT: also the N Light is the brightness that… … English dictionary
bent — [[t]be̱nt[/t]] 1) Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend. 2) ADJ GRADED If an object is bent, it is damaged and no longer has its correct shape. The trees were all bent and twisted from the wind. 3) ADJ GRADED If a person is bent,… … English dictionary
Osteoporosis — Thinning of the bones with reduction in bone mass due to depletion of calcium and bone protein. Osteoporosis predisposes a person to fractures, which are often slow to heal and heal poorly. It is more common in older adults, particularly post… … Medical dictionary
bowed — (Pronounced [[t]bo͟ʊd[/t]] for meaning 1, and [[t]ba͟ʊd[/t]] for meaning 2.) 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is bowed is curved. ...an old lady with bowed legs. Syn: curved Ant: straight 2) ADJ GRADED If a person s body is bowed, it is bent forward … English dictionary
maniacal — [[t]məna͟ɪ͟ək(ə)l[/t]] ADJ (disapproval) If you describe someone s behaviour as maniacal, you mean that it is extreme, violent, or very determined, as if the person were insane. He was almost maniacal in his pursuit of sporting records... She is… … English dictionary
falconiform — /fawl koh neuh fawrm , fal , faw koh , fawl keuh neuh , fal , faw keuh /, adj. of, pertaining to, or belonging to the order Falconiformes, comprising the vultures, hawks, eagles, ospreys, falcons, caracaras, etc. [ < NL falconiformes; see FALCON … Universalium
kyphosis — kyphotic /kuy fot ik/, adj. /kuy foh sis/, n. Pathol. an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back. Cf. lordosis, scoliosis. [1840 50; < Gk kýphosis a hunched state, equiv. to kyph(ós) humpbacked + osis… … Universalium
