Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: jump, jump-start, jump_off, jump_out, jumping, jumpstart

'jump'

[jump.n.01] as in: a sudden and decisive increase

Examples:
a jump in attendance

'jump'

[leap.n.02] as in: an abrupt transition

Examples:
a successful leap from college to the major leagues

'jump'

[jump.n.03] as in: (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another

'jump'

[startle.n.01] as in: a sudden involuntary movement

Examples:
he awoke with a start

'jump'

[jump.n.05] as in: descent with a parachute

Examples:
he had done a lot of parachuting in the army

'jump'

[jump.n.06] as in: the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

Examples:
he advanced in a series of jumps
the jumping was unexpected

'jump'

[jump.v.01] as in: move forward by leaps and bounds

Examples:
The horse bounded across the meadow
The child leapt across the puddle
Can you jump over the fence?

'jump'

[startle.v.02] as in: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

Examples:
She startled when I walked into the room

'jump'

[jump.v.03] as in: make a sudden physical attack on

Examples:
The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat

'jump'

[jump.v.04] as in: increase suddenly and significantly

Examples:
Prices jumped overnight

'jump'

[leap_out.v.01] as in: be highly noticeable

'jump'

[jump.v.06] as in: enter eagerly into

Examples:
He jumped into the game

'jump'

[rise.v.11] as in: rise in rank or status

Examples:
Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list

'jump'

[jump.v.08] as in: jump down from an elevated point

Examples:
the parachutist didn't want to jump
every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge
the widow leapt into the funeral pyre

'jump'

[derail.v.02] as in: run off or leave the rails

Examples:
the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks

'jump'

[chute.v.01] as in: jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

'jump'

[jump.v.11] as in: cause to jump or leap

Examples:
the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop

'jump'

[jumpstart.v.01] as in: start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

'jump'

[jump.v.13] as in: bypass

Examples:
He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible

'jump'

[leap.v.02] as in: pass abruptly from one state or topic to another

Examples:
leap into fame
jump to a conclusion
jump from one thing to another

'jump'

[alternate.v.01] as in: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

Origins

					jump (English)
└── jumpen (Middle English (1100-1500))