Clump

Word CLUMP
Character 5
Hyphenation clump
Pronunciations /klʌmp/

Definitions and meanings of "Clump"

What do we mean by clump?

A clustered mass; a lump. noun

A thick grouping, as of trees or bushes. noun

A heavy dull sound; a thud. noun

To form lumps or thick groupings. intransitive verb

To walk or move so as to make a heavy dull sound. intransitive verb

To gather into or form lumps or thick groupings of. intransitive verb

A thick, short, unformed piece of wood or other solid substance; a shapeless mass. noun

A cluster; a small, closely gathered group: used especially of trees or shrubs, but sometimes of other things and of persons. noun

A thick sole secured to an ordinary boot-sole by springs or by cement. noun

A small spiral curl of hair pressed flat between the disk-shaped ends of a pair of crimping-tongs, so as to lie close to the head. noun

A bivalve mollusk of the family Mactridæ, Lutraria elliptica. It has a broad flattish shell about 5 inches long and 3 inches high. It lives chiefly in muddy estuaries, buried a foot or two deep. noun

An aggregation of bacteria resulting from the action of agglutinins. See serum diagnosis. noun

To walk heavily and clumsily.

To form a clump or cluster; cluster; aggregate: said of the agglutination of certain bacteria in response to the action of definite substances. See serum diagnosis.

To form (bacteria) into a clump or cluster; agglutinate.

To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group. transitive verb

To tread clumsily; to clamp. intransitive verb

An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance. noun

A cluster; a group; a thicket. noun

The compressed clay of coal strata. noun

A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.

A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.

A dull thud.

The compressed clay of coal strata.

A small group of trees or plants.

A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Clump

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The word "clump" in example sentences

I like that she is using the same universe what she calls a clump of characters, but isn't sticking with the same narrator. ❋ Tripp (2009)

Mainly because an orange-pip sized cell clump is not a baby. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Before, scientists had assumed that this shattering led to the eventual dissipation of the rings, but a new simulation, created by Glen Stewart and Stuart Robbins of the University of Colorado, shows that after breaking up, the particles could again clump together in a perpetual recycling process. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The man in the clump is fat and bald, his chin deeply lined from mouth to jowl. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Each clump is named after a different benefactor, and each block in each clump is distinguished by a large capital letter. ❋ Unknown (1939)

The clump is the den area, and to the right are a couple of badger kids. ❋ Bardiac (2009)

A team led by Jane Greaves at the University of St Andrews in Scotland reckons that the clump is a planet in its very early years of formation -– at no more than 100,000 years old, it is much younger than the previous record holder for the youngest planet, which was less than 10 million years old. ❋ Unknown (2008)

SIMON: Well, getting the three of us in a clump might be a little unusual, but we will occasionally have charges made against someone because it is not uncommon that we'll have a nominee for a federal judicial spot up and he was a lawyer on another side for someone, or whatever the charge is, someone comes up with a charge probably two-thirds of the time, or maybe higher, without any substance due. ❋ Unknown (1992)

It seems to me, considering the temptation, that not to clump is to be at the very pinnacle of human virtue. ❋ Mary Russell Mitford (1821)

Rimmel Extra Super Lash mascara does not clump, which is wonderful, because there is nothing worse to me than driving down the road, blinking, and suddenly having my eyelashes stuck together. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The essay lists other views that tend to "clump" together on the P and A side. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As to accepting the "clump," I'm afraid that I will have difficulty with that. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So I'm trying this compromise thing, where I'll write a string of ficlets that can kind of clump together. ❋ Hth_the_first (2007)

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