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# jump

verb (jump, jumps, jumped, jumping); noun (a jump, jumps)

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

## Everyday

1. To jump is to push yourself up or forward into the air with your legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#m1)
2. To jump is to move suddenly because you are surprised or scared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#m2)
3. To jump is to rise suddenly, like a price or a number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#m3)
4. A jump is one push into the air, or the distance of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#m4)

### In the lessons

a distance in a jumping contest, told in inches and compared; or jumps counted (jumping jacks, rope jumps); on a number line, jumps of equal size show adding or counting by steps; phrases «jump rope», «jump in», «jump the queue», «jump to conclusions»

### Examples

- The frog jumped 39 inches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#x1)
- The mouse jumped 9 inches less than the frog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#x2)
- She did 20 jumps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#x3)
- How far did the grasshopper jump? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#x4)
- We jump rope at recess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#x5)
- The loud bang made me jump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#x6)
- On the number line, make jumps of 5 from 0 to 30. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#x7)
- The price of apples jumped last week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#x8)
- The horse jumped over the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#x9)
- Don't jump to conclusions before you read the whole story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#x10)
- Perhaps he could jump over it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jump/#x11)

### Note

A distance or a count of jumps. «jumped N farther» adds, «N less» takes away. Trap: the answer is a distance in inches, not a number of animals. «Jump the queue» (UK) means to push in front of people waiting. Safety: never jump into water when you do not know how deep it is.

## On Mova

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