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# hunched

adjective (hunched); verb (hunch, hunches, hunched, hunching)

«hunched» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Bent forward with the back curved and shoulders raised. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunched/#m1)
2. (verb) To bend your back and shoulders forward, often from cold, tiredness or worry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunched/#m2)
3. «hunched over» something — leaning over it closely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunched/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it paints a picture: a hunched old man, a child hunched over a book, someone hunched against the wind. In health lessons pupils learn that sitting hunched over a screen is bad for the back. Phrases: hunched over, hunched up, hunched shoulders.

### Examples

- She sat hunched over her homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunched/#x1)
- The old man walked slowly, hunched against the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunched/#x2)
- Don't sit hunched over your tablet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunched/#x3)
- He hunched his shoulders in the cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunched/#x4)
- The cat sat hunched on the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunched/#x5)
- They were hunched together under one umbrella. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunched/#x6)
- She sat hunched up against the wail, and as she looked like a bundle of rags they did not notice her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunched/#x7)

### Note

Past of hunch. «A hunch» is also a different noun: a feeling or guess without proof («I had a hunch he'd win»). Opposite of hunched: upright, straight.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hunched» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hunched/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hunched» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hunched.html) on Mova free.