(n) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings, Syn. excrescence, protuberance, prominence, hump, swelling, gibbousness, extrusion, bump, protrusion, gibbosity, jut, Example: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

crookback

(adj) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column, Syn. hunchbacked, crookbacked, humpbacked, gibbous, humped, kyphotic

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Gibbous

a. [ Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hunched; hump-backed. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.

-- Gib"bous*ly, adv. -- Gib"bous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

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盈凸月

[盈凸月, yíng tū yuè] full moon; waxing gibbous moon

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