lump
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Confer German Lumpen ("rag") and Lump ("ragamuffin").
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌmp
[edit] Noun
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lump (plural lumps)
- Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group.
- Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.
- A group, set, or unit.
- The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
- How many lumps (of sugar) do you use in your coffee?
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[edit] Translations
something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group
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group, set, or unit
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[edit] External links
- lump in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- lump in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Verb
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to lump (third-person singular simple present lumps, present participle lumping, simple past and past participle lumped)
- To treat as a single unit; to group together.
- People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.
[edit] See also
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of lmpu
- plum
