|
lump
|
|
- pronunciation:
- luhmp
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a small mass or pile with no special shape; hunk.
He took a lump of clay and made it into a vase.- similar words:
- chunk, clod, clump, mass
|
definition 2: |
a bump or swelling.
I had a lump on my forehead from running into a tree.- synonyms:
- bump, swelling
- similar words:
- bulge, growth, tumor
|
related words: |
clot |
|
|
part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
lumps, lumping, lumped |
definition 1: |
to gather into or consider as a single whole (often followed by "together").
He lumps girls together as if they were all the same.- synonyms:
- combine, unite
- similar words:
- accumulate, assemble, blend, bunch, collect, fuse, gather, mix, unify
|
definition 2: |
to come to have or be formed into a lump or lumps.
If you don't stir the oatmeal while you cook it, it will lump.- similar words:
- clot, congeal
|
|
|