натолкну́ться — meaning in English

English meaning

• bump noun A light collision or jolt, or the sound it makes.
• encounter verb To meet or come across someone or something, especially unexpectedly.

Senses

натолкну́ться is used for these senses in English:

• chance upon (transitive, idiomatic) To find (someone or something) by chance.
• encounter (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
• happen upon To accidentally encounter a person or situation; to chance upon, happen on or stumble across.
• stumble on (intransitive, +, prepositional object, figuratively) To discover or find something by accident.

bump — full definition

1. noun A light collision or jolt, or the sound it makes.
2. noun A small swelling or lump on a surface or on the skin.
3. noun Informal term for a pregnant woman's swollen belly.
4. verb To knock against something, or to move someone or something to a later position or time.
5. verb To reply to an online post specifically to push it back to the top of a list.

encounter — full definition

1. verb To meet or come across someone or something, especially unexpectedly.
2. noun A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, tense, or significant.

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