clump

5 definitions found

clump - 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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  Clump \Clump\, v. t.
     To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.
     --Blackmore.
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  Clump \Clump\, v. i.
     To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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clump - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

clump - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  327 Moby Thesaurus words for "clump":
     accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, amass, amble, array,
     assemble, bang, barge, bash, bat, batch, beating, belt, biff,
     bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, block, blow, body, bonk, boss,
     bow, bowl along, bring together, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulk, bulla,
     bump, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, bundle, burl, button, cahot,
     cake, chine, chink, chop, chunk, clabber, clap, click, clink, clip,
     clobber, clod, clop, clot, clout, clunk, cluster, clutter,
     coagulate, coldcock, collect, colligate, collocate, combine,
     compare, compile, concrete, concretion, condyle, congeal,
     conglomerate, conglomeration, convex, copse, corral, crack, crop,
     crump, cumulate, curd, curdle, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck,
     dig, dig up, dint, dowel, drag, draw together, dredge up,
     drive together, drub, drubbing, drumming, dull thud, ear, fetch,
     fetch a blow, flange, flap, flick, flounce, flump, foot, footslog,
     fusillade, gall, gather, gather in, gather together, gel,
     gelatinate, gelatinize, get in, get together, gnarl, gob, group,
     grouping, groupment, grove, growth, halt, handle, hassock, heap,
     hill, hippety-hop, hit, hit a clip, hitch, hobble, hodgepodge, hop,
     hump, hunch, hunk, incrassate, inspissate, jab, jell, jellify,
     jelly, jog, joggle, join, jolt, jumble, jump, juxtapose, knob,
     knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, knot, knur, knurl,
     let have it, lick, limp, lip, loaf, loop, lopper, lot, lumber,
     lump, lump together, lunge, lurch, make up, mass, match, mess,
     mince, mobilize, mole, mountain, muster, nevus, node, nub, nubbin,
     nubble, nugget, omnium-gatherum, pace, pad, paddle, pair,
     papilloma, parcel, partner, paste, pat, patter, peg, pelt, piaffe,
     piaffer, pile, pitapat, pitter-patter, plantation, planting, plod,
     plump, plunk, poke, pop, pound, prance, punch, put together,
     quantity, rack, raise, rake up, rally, rap, rib, ridge, ring, roll,
     round up, sashay, saunter, scrape together, scuff, scuffle,
     scuttle, set, shamble, shock, shoulder, shuffle, sidle,
     single-foot, skip, slam, slew, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slug,
     smack, smash, smite, snap, soak, sock, solid, solid body, spine,
     spinney, stagger, stalk, stamp, stand, stomp, stook, straddle,
     straggle, stride, strike, strike at, stroke, stroll, strut, stud,
     stumble, stump, style, swagger, swat, swing, swipe, tab, take up,
     tap, tattoo, thick, thicken, thicket, thud, thump, thwack, tick,
     tinkle, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, trample, tread, trip,
     trudge, tubercle, tubercule, tuft, tunk, tussock, verruca, vesicle,
     wad, waddle, wale, wallop, wamble, wart, welt, whack, wham,
     whip in, whop, wiggle, wisp, wobble, wood, yerk