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English Dictionary: clump |
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4 results for clump |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- clump
- n
- a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of
trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
Synonym(s): bunch, clump, cluster, clustering
- a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
Synonym(s): ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk
- a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
Synonym(s): thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud
- v
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves
striking the ground
Synonym(s): clop, clump, clunk, plunk
- come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
Synonym(s): cluster, constellate, flock, clump
- walk clumsily
Synonym(s): clump, clomp
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"
Synonym(s): bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Clump \Clump\, v. i.
To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Clump \Clump\ (kl[ucr]mp), n. [Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump,
klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw. klump; perh. akin to L. globus, E.
globe. Cf. {Club}.]
1. An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
2. A cluster; a group; a thicket.
A clump of shrubby trees. --Hawthorne.
3. The compressed clay of coal strata. --Brande & C.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Clump \Clump\, v. t.
To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.
--Blackmore.
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