Sekirov Dictionary

lump

/lʌmp/

noun 11
verb 5
forms 3
phrases 7

noun11

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Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
- Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.
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A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
- Lumps in the breasts are an indicator of breast cancer.
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A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
- Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
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A group, set, or unit.
- The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
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(informal) A beating or verbal abuse.
- He's taken his lumps over the years.
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A dull or lazy person.
- Don't just sit there like a lump.
A fat person.
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A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
- You roast him [the fish] […] just like a lump. — 1863
A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
(slang, no longer used) Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.
(slang, no longer used) The workhouse.

verb5

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To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
- People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.
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To form a lump or lumps.
- Thin the paint with mineral spirits for a medium consistency so that it will not drip or lump. — 2004
To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
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To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
- Well, a male body was brought to a certain surgeon by a man he had often employed, and the pair lumped it down on the dissecting table, and then the vendor received his money and went. — 1876
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(slang) To hit or strike (a person).
- If that's the only way you can fight, then you'd better be prepared to get lumped. — 1962

forms

lumped · lumping · lumps

Phrases with lump

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