Sekirov Dictionary

clump

/klʌmp/

noun 6
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 1

noun6

A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
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A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
- There are suitable clumps of gorse a little way back, sir. I anticipate that you would be quite safe there, or I would not suggest it, sir. — 1927
A small group of trees or other plants growing together.
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A dull thud.
- She [Miss Climpson] asks questions which a young man could not put without a blush. She is the angel that rushes in where fools get a clump on the head. — 1927
A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
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The compressed clay of coal strata.
- clump-burned bricks — 1837

verb4

To form clusters or lumps.
To gather in dense groups.
To walk with heavy footfalls.
(UK) To strike; to beat.

forms

clumped · clumping · clumps

Phrases with clump

clump up
To become clumpy; to form a clump.

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