Clump - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a compact mass (syn: ball, chunk, clod, glob, lump)
- a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) (syn: clunk, thud, thump, thumping)
verb
- come together as in a cluster or flock (syn: cluster, constellate, flock)
- walk clumsily
- gather or cause to gather into a cluster (syn: bunch, bundle, cluster)
Extra examples
There is a clump of bushes at the edge of the field.
I could hear the clump of his footsteps as he came down the stairs.
The virus clumps the cells together.
...a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots...
He clumped about in his sabots.
The women wore their hair clumped in a tail.
The roses were planted in clumps across the park.
I heard the clump of Ralph's boots going up the stairs.
The kids clumped up the stairs in their boots.
Hair and soap had clumped together in the drain.
At this point, the embryo is a microscopic clump of only 100 cells.
He pointed to a clump of trees.
Moore escaped by the simple expedient of lying down in a clump of grass.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: clump
he/she/it: clumps
present participle: clumping
past tense: clumped
past participle: clumped
singular: clump
plural: clumps
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