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Definition of Clump

1. Verb. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground. "The streets clump with cars "

2. Noun. A grouping of a number of similar things. ; "A cluster of admirers"

3. Verb. Come together as in a cluster or flock. "The crowds clump in the streets"; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"

4. Noun. A compact mass. "A ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"

5. Verb. Walk clumsily. "The streets clump with crowds"

6. Noun. A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects).

7. Verb. Gather or cause to gather into a cluster. ; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"

Definition of Clump

1. n. An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

2. v. t. To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.

3. v. i. To tread clumsily; to clamp.

Definition of Clump

1. Noun. A cluster or lump ¹

2. Noun. A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair. ¹

3. Noun. A dull thud. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To form clusters or lumps ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To gather into thick groups ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To walk with a heavy footfalls. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clump

1. to form into a thick mass [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Clump

1. To form into clusters, small aggregations, or groups. Origin: A.S. Clympre, a lump (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clump

cluefulness clueing clueless cluelessly cluelessness clues cluestick cluesticks cluey cluing

clum clumb clumber clumber spaniel clumbers clump (current term) clump block clump blocks clump up clumped

clumped up clumper clumpers clumpier clumpiest clumpiness clumpinesses clumping clumping up clumpish

Literary usage of Clump

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"The word is really the same as the last, but applied to a 'clump' of people. See Rietz, who gives the Swed. dial, klubb, as meaning 'a clump, lump, ..."

2. Parts of the body in older Germanic and Scandinavian by Torild Washington Arnoldson (1916)
"FORM mA clump, BE CLUMSY AND AWKWARD; HIT AS WITH A clump: clump ALONG, WALK CLUMSILY OR HEAVILY 29.01. NE. dial. bucket to walk awkwardly, shamble, ..."

3. Public School Methods (1921)
"Clickety clump, Clickety clump, Clickety clump, as lame as could be. ... Clickety clump, Clickety clump, Clickety clump, and it was quite dark when they ..."

4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen (1898)
"She must not go out, Mr. clump. She shall not go out as long as I remain to watch over ... What a little harpy that woman from Hampshire is, clump," Squills ..."

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