(n)bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescencesomething 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)find, happen, chance, bump, encountercome 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”
(v)demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairsassign to a lower position; reduce in rank“She was demoted because she always speaks up”, “He was broken down to Sergeant”