[syn: bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clump \Clump\ (kl[u^]mp), n. [Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump,
klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw. klump; perh. akin to L. globus, E.
globe. Cf. Club.]
1. An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
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2. A cluster; a group; a thicket.
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A clump of shrubby trees. --Hawthorne.
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3. The compressed clay of coal strata. --Brande & C.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clump \Clump\, v. t.
To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.
--Blackmore.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clump \Clump\, v. i.
To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clump
n 1: a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of
trees"; "a cluster of admirers" [syn: bunch, clump,
cluster, clustering]
2: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
[syn: ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk]
3: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) [syn:
thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud]
v 1: make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves
striking the ground [syn: clop, clump, clunk,
plunk]
2: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets
constellate in this town every summer" [syn: cluster,
constellate, flock, clump]
3: walk clumsily [syn: clump, clomp]
4: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her
fingers into a fist" [syn: bunch, bunch up, bundle,
cluster, clump]