lump
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English lumpe, from a Germanic base akin to Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide, go, hang loosely”). Compare Dutch lomp (“rag”), German Low German Lump (“rag”), German Lumpen (“rag”) and Lump (“ragamuffin”).
Inflected forms:
form: lumps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: lumps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lumping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: lumped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: lumped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
pos: noun
examples: Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.
a lump of coal; a lump of clay; a lump of cheese
gloss: A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
pos: noun
examples: Lumps in the breasts are an indicator of breast cancer.
gloss: A group, set, or unit.
pos: noun
examples: The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
gloss: A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
pos: noun
examples: Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
gloss: A dull or lazy person.
pos: noun
examples: Don't just sit there like a lump.
"Thou great Norman lump!" he muttered. "If I conjure till Doomsday, I cannot make thee gold."
gloss: A fat person.
pos: noun
gloss: A beating or verbal abuse.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: He's taken his lumps over the years.
Komer admitted that the United States would probably suffer "short term lumps" as a result of Johnson's brusque decision.
Mr. Katzenberg is now taking his commensurate lumps, particularly because contributors feel he helped disabuse donors’ concerns about Mr. Biden’s physical state.
gloss: A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
pos: noun
gloss: A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
pos: noun
examples: You roast him [the fish] […] just like a lump.
gloss: Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
slang
examples: “A lump,” explained The Whimperer […] “is wot a kin’ lady slips youse w’en youse batter de back door. If she invites youse in and lets youse t’row yer feet unner de table, it’s a set-down. If she slips youse a lunch in a poiper bag, it’s a lump. See? […]”
gloss: The workhouse.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
slang
gloss: To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.
Most gays don't want to know about us, so lumping us in their support efforts is counter-productive at best.
Pellegrini’s decision to operate with both Edin Dzeko and Agüero in attack certainly looks misjudged bearing in mind that the first way to stop Barcelona is usually to try to crowd midfield and restrict space. Yet it would be wrong to lump all the blame on the manager’s tactics.
gloss: To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Well, a male body was brought to a certain surgeon by a man he had often employed, and the pair lumped it down on the dissecting table, and then the vendor received his money and went.
I never ceased to be amazed at his prowess at being able to lump two-hundredweight sacks of coal, which seemed as big as he was, up perhaps four flights of narrow stairs
gloss: To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The Luftwaffe, at this point, was still refusing to play ball completely, however. But someone decided to lump Adolf Galland with command of the air operation, and he decided to work with Luftflotte 3, mobilizing their training units to make up the numbers, since large numbers of that particular formation's fighters had been diverted to the campaign in Russia, which was why the fighter numbers were so much lower than they had been the previous year.
gloss: To hit or strike (a person).
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: If that's the only way you can fight, then you'd better be prepared to get lumped.
gloss: To form a lump or lumps.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Thin the paint with mineral spirits for a medium consistency so that it will not drip or lump.
Related words: take one’s lumps
lump it
like it or lump it
love it or lump it
lump up
Derived words: bring a lump to someone's throat
expository lump
gluelump
in the lump
lady lumps
ladylumps
lumpability
lumpatious
lumpectomy
lumpen
lumpfish
lump hammer
lumpily
lumpiness
lump in one's throat
lumpish
lumpishly
lumpishness
lumpless
lumplike
lumps of delight
lumpsome
lumpsucker
lump-sugar
lump sum
lump to one's throat
lump work
lumpy
lunkhead
sugar lump
take one's lumps
Welsh lump
lumper
lump the lighter
lump together
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