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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun clump has 3 senses
- clump(n = noun.group) bunch, cluster, clustering - a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" is a kind of agglomeration
- clump(n = noun.group) ball, chunk, clod, glob, lump - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" has particulars: clot, coagulum, gob, clew
- clump(n = noun.event) clunk, thud, thump, thumping - a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects); Array is a kind of sound
has particulars: knot, swad, tuft, tussock, northern cross, omega centauri, pleiades
Derived forms verb clump4, verb clump2
is a kind of agglomeration
Derived form verb clump1
Verb clump has 4 senses
- clump(v = verb.perception) clop, clunk, plunk - make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground; Array is one way to go, sound
- clump(v = verb.motion) cluster, constellate, flock - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" is one way to assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet
- clump(v = verb.motion) clomp - walk clumsily; Array is one way to walk
- clump(v = verb.contact) bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster - gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist" is one way to form
Derived form noun clump3
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derived form noun clump1
Sample sentence:
The crowds clump in the streets
Sample sentences:
The crowds clump in the streets
The streets clump with crowds
Derived form noun clump1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
clump, n. [Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump, klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw. klump; perh. akin to L. globus, E. globe. Cf. Club.].
- An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance. [1913 Webster]
- A cluster; a group; a thicket. [1913 Webster]"A clump of shrubby trees." [1913 Webster]
- The compressed clay of coal strata. Brande & C. [1913 Webster]
clump, v. t.
To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group. Blackmore. [1913 Webster]
clump, v. i.
To tread clumsily; to clamp. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clump, n. & v.
--n.
1 (foll. by of) a cluster of plants, esp. trees or shrubs.
2 an agglutinated mass of blood-cells etc.
3 a thick extra sole on a boot or shoe.
--v.
1 a intr. form a clump. b tr. heap or plant together.
2 intr. (also clomp) walk with heavy tread.
3 tr. colloq. hit.
--n.
1 (foll. by of) a cluster of plants, esp. trees or shrubs.
2 an agglutinated mass of blood-cells etc.
3 a thick extra sole on a boot or shoe.
--v.
1 a intr. form a clump. b tr. heap or plant together.
2 intr. (also clomp) walk with heavy tread.
3 tr. colloq. hit.
Derivative
clumpy adj. (clumpier, clumpiest).
Etymology
MLG klumpe, MDu. klompe: see CLUB
THESAURUS
clump
accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, amass, amble, array, assemble, bang, barge, bash, bat, batch, beating, belt, biff, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, block, blow, body, bonk, boss, bow, bowl along, bring together, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulk, bulla, bump, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, bundle, burl, button, cahot, cake, chine, chink, chop, chunk, clabber, clap, click, clink, clip, clobber, clod, clop, clot, clout, clunk, cluster, clutter, coagulate, coldcock, collect, colligate, collocate, combine, compare, compile, concrete, concretion, condyle, congeal, conglomerate, conglomeration, convex, copse, corral, crack, crop, crump, cumulate, curd, curdle, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, dig, dig up, dint, dowel, drag, draw together, dredge up, drive together, drub, drubbing, drumming, dull thud, ear, fetch, fetch a blow, flange, flap, flick, flounce, flump, foot, footslog, fusillade, gall, gather, gather in, gather together, gel, gelatinate, gelatinize, get in, get together, gnarl, gob, group, grouping, groupment, grove, growth, halt, handle, hassock, heap, hill, hippety-hop, hit, hit a clip, hitch, hobble, hodgepodge, hop, hump, hunch, hunk, incrassate, inspissate, jab, jell, jellify, jelly, jog, joggle, join, jolt, jumble, jump, juxtapose, knob, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, knot, knur, knurl, let have it, lick, limp, lip, loaf, loop, lopper, lot, lumber, lump, lump together, lunge, lurch, make up, mass, match, mess, mince, mobilize, mole, mountain, muster, nevus, node, nub, nubbin, nubble, nugget, omnium-gatherum, pace, pad, paddle, pair, papilloma, parcel, partner, paste, pat, patter, peg, pelt, piaffe, piaffer, pile, pitapat, pitter-patter, plantation, planting, plod, plump, plunk, poke, pop, pound, prance, punch, put together, quantity, rack, raise, rake up, rally, rap, rib, ridge, ring, roll, round up, sashay, saunter, scrape together, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, set, shamble, shock, shoulder, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slam, slew, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slug, smack, smash, smite, snap, soak, sock, solid, solid body, spine, spinney, stagger, stalk, stamp, stand, stomp, stook, straddle, straggle, stride, strike, strike at, stroke, stroll, strut, stud, stumble, stump, style, swagger, swat, swing, swipe, tab, take up, tap, tattoo, thick, thicken, thicket, thud, thump, thwack, tick, tinkle, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, trample, tread, trip, trudge, tubercle, tubercule, tuft, tunk, tussock, verruca, vesicle, wad, waddle, wale, wallop, wamble, wart, welt, whack, wham, whip in, whop, wiggle, wisp, wobble, wood, yerkROGET THESAURUS
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Assemblage
N assemblage, collection, collocation, colligation, compilation, levy, gathering, ingathering, muster, attroupement, team, concourse, conflux, congregation, contesseration, convergence, meeting, levee, reunion, drawing room, at home, conversazione, assembly, congress, convention, conventicle, gemote, conclave, posse, posse comitatus, Noah's ark, miscellany, collectanea, museum, menagerie, museology, crowd, throng, group, flood, rush, deluge, rabble, mob, press, crush, cohue, horde, body, tribe, crew, gang, knot, squad, band, party, swarm, shoal, school, covey, flock, herd, drove, atajo, bunch, drive, force, mulada, remuda, roundup, array, bevy, galaxy, corps, company, troop, troupe, task force, army, regiment, host, populousness, clan, brotherhood, fraternity, sorority, association, volley, shower, storm, cloud, group, cluster, Pleiades, clump, pencil, set, batch, lot, pack, budget, assortment, bunch, parcel, packet, package, bundle, fascine, fasces, bale, seron, seroon, fagot, wisp, truss, tuft, shock, rick, fardel, stack, sheaf, haycock, fascicle, fascicule, fasciculus, gavel, hattock, stook, accumulation, congeries, heap, lump, pile, rouleau, tissue, mass, pyramid, bing, drift, snowball, snowdrift, acervation, cumulation, glomeration, agglomeration, conglobation, conglomeration, conglomerate, coacervate, coacervation, coagmentation, aggregation, concentration, congestion, omnium gaterum, spicilegium, black hole of Calcutta, quantity, collector, gatherer, whip, whipper in, assembled, closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous, as thick as hops, all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative, the plot thickens, acervatim, tibi seris tibi metis.Convexity
N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).
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