Lump : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lump	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Lump
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lump n a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" Synonym(s): ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement Synonym(s): swelling, puffiness, lump an awkward stupid person Synonym(s): lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump, gawk a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal" Synonym(s): hunk, lump v put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants" Synonym(s): lump, chunk group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side Synonym(s): collocate, lump, chunk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lump \Lump\, n. [Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. {Lunch}.] 1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. [bd] A lump of cheese.[b8] --Piers Plowman. [bd] This lump of clay.[b8] --Shak. 2. A mass or aggregation of things. 3. (Firearms) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel. {In the lump}, {In a lump}, the whole together; in gross. They may buy them in the lump. --Addison. {Lump coal}, coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought from the mine. {Lump sum}, a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lump \Lump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lumping}.] 1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars. The expenses ought to be lumped together. --Ayliffe. 2. To take in the gross; to speak of collectively. Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but out of no resentment you, I lump all together. --Sterne. 3. To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it. [Law]