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Lump Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lump? [n] a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" [n] a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal" [n] an awkward stupid person [n] abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement [v] group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side [v] put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lump: ball \| chunk \| chunk \| chunk \| clod \| clod \| clump \| collocate \| gawk \| glob \| goon \| hunk \| klutz \| lout \| lubber \| lummox \| oaf \| puffiness \| stumblebum \| swelling Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lump: abide \| abide with \| accumulation \| acervation \| agglomerate \| agglomeration \| aggregate \| aggregation \| allow \| amassment \| barrel \| batch \| bear \| bear with \| beard \| bide \| bilge \| bit \| blain \| bleb \| blend \| blimp \| blister \| blob \| block \| body \| boil \| boss \| bow \| brave \| brook \| bubble \| bulb \| bulge \| bulk \| bulla \| bump \| bunch \| bunion \| burl \| butt \| butterfingers \| button \| cahot \| cake \| carbuncle \| chine \| chip \| chunk \| clabber \| clip \| clipping \| clod \| clot \| clump \| clumsy \| cluster \| coagulate \| collect \| collop \| colophon \| combine \| comeuppance \| concavity \| concrete \| concretion \| condyle \| congeal \| congeries \| conglobation \| conglomerate \| conglomeration \| consolidate \| convex \| convexity \| corn \| crumb \| cube \| cumulation \| curd \| curdle \| cut \| cutting \| cyst \| dactylogram \| dactylograph \| dent \| deserts \| deserving \| digest \| dilatation \| dilation \| dint \| distension \| dollop \| dowel \| dub \| due \| duffer \| ear \| edema \| embossment \| end \| endure \| excrescence \| fatty \| fingerprint \| flange \| flap \| footmark \| footprint \| footstep \| foozler \| fossil footprint \| foul-up \| fragment \| fumble-fist \| furuncle \| gall \| gathering \| gawk \| gel \| gelatinate \| gelatinize \| glomeration \| gnarl \| gob \| gobbet \| goof \| goofball \| goofer \| group \| growth \| handle \| hang in \| hang in there \| hang tough \| heap \| heavy \| heavyweight \| hick \| hill \| hippo \| hump \| hunch \| hunk \| ichnite \| ichnolite \| impress \| impression \| imprint \| incrassate \| indent \| indentation \| indention \| inspissate \| intumescence \| jell \| jellify \| jelly \| jog \| joggle \| join \| klutz \| knob \| knot \| knur \| knurl \| lip \| loaf \| lobster \| looby \| loop \| lopper \| lot \| lout \| lubber \| lummox \| lump it \| lump together \| mass \| merit \| mix \| modicum \| moiety \| mole \| morsel \| mountain \| much \| muff \| muffer \| nevus \| node \| nodule \| nub \| nubbin \| nubble \| nugget \| oaf \| pad \| palooka \| papilloma \| paring \| particle \| pat \| paw print \| pawmark \| peck \| peg \| persevere \| piece \| pile \| pimple \| pock \| portion \| potbelly \| power \| print \| prominence \| protrusion \| protuberance \| pug \| pugmark \| pustule \| put together \| put up with \| quantity \| rasher \| rib \| ridge \| rights \| ring \| rising \| roly-poly \| rube \| scoop \| scrap \| seal \| sebaceous cyst \| set \| shard \| shaving \| shiver \| shoulder \| shred \| sight \| sigil \| signet \| slice \| sliver \| slob \| smithereen \| snack \| snatch \| snip \| snippet \| snowball \| solid \| solid body \| spine \| splinter \| stamp \| stand \| stand for \| step \| stick \| stitch \| stockpile \| stomach \| stud \| stumblebum \| stumblebunny \| stump \| style \| suffer \| support \| sustain \| swagbelly \| swallow \| swell \| swelling \| swollenness \| tab \| take \| take up with \| tatter \| thick \| thicken \| throw together \| thumbmark \| thumbprint \| tolerate \| tub \| tub of lard \| tubercle \| tubercule \| tumefaction \| tumescence \| tumidity \| tumor \| tun \| turgescence \| turgescency \| turgidity \| unite \| verruca \| vesicle \| vestige \| wad \| wale \| wart \| wedge \| welt \| wen See Also \| accumulate \| agglomeration \| amass \| bloat \| bunion \| clew \| clot \| clumsy person \| coagulum \| collect \| compile \| dropsy \| edema \| gob \| group \| haematocele \| haematocoele \| hematocele \| hematocoele \| hoard \| hydrops \| intumescence \| intumescency \| iridoncus \| nodule \| nugget \| oedema \| oscheocele \| oscheocoele \| part \| piece \| pile up \| spermatocele \| symptom \| tumidity \| tumidness Lump In Webster's Dictionary \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. `` A lump of cheese.'' --Piers Plowman. `` This lump of clay.'' --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. \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]

Lump Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lump?

[n] a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
[n] a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal"
[n] an awkward stupid person
[n] abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
[v] group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
[v] put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants"

Lump In Webster's Dictionary

\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. ``
   A lump of cheese.'' --Piers Plowman. `` This lump of
   clay.'' --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.


\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]

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