hump

Object

• bridge: At the bottom of the garden flowed a small stream with a little humped bridge which is still there.

Converse of object

• traverse: From a selection of 40 vehicles, only 8 traversed the humps without deviating to the middle of the road to avoid them.
• install: Cllr Salinger has refused to allow the council to install any humps in his ward.
• negotiate: If they are so incompetent at negotiating a speed hump; just how safe are they at high speeds?
• remove: Some Councils have seen fit to remove the old humps, others not.
• speed: Will speed humps lead to an increase in noise levels?
• get: She's still got the hump with him for planning to go to South Africa.

Preposition: on

• road: Only a 'loose cannon ' would argue in a road safety magazine in 1973 for speed humps on public roads.

Adjective modifier

• flat-top: Two ' standard ' profiles were included for comparison: a 3.7m long round-top hump and an 8m long flat-top hump with straight ramps.
• black: One resident felt that this whole project was a blot on the landscape; the black humps reminded others of German helmets!
• big: Also, they have a big hump, sometimes two.

Modifies a noun

• bridge: The lane descends fast bearing right at the bottom of the hill to a hump back bridge.
• back: The lane descends fast bearing right at the bottom of the hill to a hump back bridge.

Noun used with modifier

• buffalo: No, you won't grow a buffalo hump overnight.
• speed: Funny, we thought speed humps were supposed to reduce speeds.
• road: Traffic wardens, road humps, speed cameras - any curb on cars makes us angry.
• traffic: Traffic humps Traffic humps on Ashford Road would increase traffic noise and vibrations, so would not be an acceptable solution.

Possessives

• dowager: The deformity is responsible for some cases of so-called dowager's hump.
• camel: Then on to Linda's Arabic dancing - great being in the desert and dancing like a camel's hump.

Preposition: in

• road: On the very top of the map, you will find a small hump in the road.