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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a grouping of a number of similar things;
- Example: "a bunch of trees"
- Example: "a cluster of admirers"
[syn: bunch, clump, cluster, clustering]

2. a compact mass;
- Example: "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]


VERB (4)

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;
- Example: "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;
- Example: "She bunched her fingers into a fist"
[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. [1913 Webster] 2. A cluster; a group; a thicket. [1913 Webster] A clump of shrubby trees. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 3. The compressed clay of coal strata. --Brande & C. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clump \Clump\, v. i. To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
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]