bump-v; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: Collide or cause to collide with; action may be reflexive.

Commentary:
NOTE: One thing can bump into another or two things can bump into each other; thing bumped into or up against can be concrete OR abstract Includes: BUMP INTO (involving physical contact; contrast w/sense 2), BUMP UP (against something), BUMP AROUND, BUMP DOWN (perhaps along a path)

Examples:
My car bumped into the tree.
He bumped his car against the tree.
Mr. Maynard isn't the first entrepreneur to bump up against
entrenched interests.
Last week I bumped into my professor and knocked her down the stairs.
She bumped the baby on her knee.
I bumped my head against the wall.
The team got bumped around during the game.
The car bumped down the road.

Mappings:
VerbNet: bump-18.4-1,hit-18.1-1,hurt-40.8.3-2,spank-18.3
FrameNet: Impact
PropBank: bump.01,bump.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
bump_around 1
bump_into 1

Sense Number 2: Happen upon; meet unexpectedly.

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[actor] BUMP INTO NP2[actor] NP1[agent] BUMP INTO NP2[patient[inainmate] Is: BUMP INTO (typically with no physical contact)

Examples:
She bumped into her old neighbor at the bank.
I bumped into a friend of yours at the cinema the other day.
Every time I turn around I bump into God.
If you read everything you'll eventually bump into a book that has
the answer.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Demote, remove, kill.

Commentary: Includes: BUMP OFF (murder)

Examples:
The airline bumped me from the flight.
They could be bumped back to coach seats for life.
That show got bumped because no one was watching it.
The Mafioso who collaborated with police was bumped off within hours.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
bump_off 1

Sense Number 4: Move or adjust slightly, perhaps metaphorically.

Commentary: Includes: BUMP UP (increase)

Examples:
When the securities rebounded it bumped up the valuation again.
He bumped the crate out of the way.
If you're not careful you'll bump the glass of water off the table.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: bump.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
bump_up 1

Sense Number 5: To dance with a partner by thrusting hips forward rhythmically (to do the Bump-and-Grind).

Commentary:
NOTE: Most often used as a noun, as in "Give me a little bump and grind" or "He likes to do the bump." Tag these instances X.

Examples:
Serious bumpers bumped and grinded groins on the dance floor.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3