clump - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

A clump is a "bunch" or a "cluster." If you're a gardener, the last thing you want to see is a clump of weeds growing in the middle of your newly groomed lawn.

Essentially, a clump is a grouping. You might see a clump of sheep grazing in a field or you might throw a clump of clothes into the washing machine. Clump can also mean lump, like when you find a clump of grass stuck to your shoe. As a verb, clump means "to gather," as in "a flock of birds clumped together in a tree."

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: clump

1	n v	a grouping of a number of similar things come together as in a cluster or flock
2	n	a compact mass
3	n v	a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: clump

1

n a grouping of a number of similar things

Synonyms:: bunch, cluster, clustering

Examples:: Northern Cross
a cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus; Omega Centauri
a global cluster in the constellation Centaurus; Pleiades
a star cluster in the constellation Taurus

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; knot
a tight cluster of people or things; swad
a bunch; tuft, tussock
a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass; wisp
a small tuft or lock; hexenbesen, staghead, witch broom, witches' broom
an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance; coma
(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

Type of:: agglomeration
a jumbled collection or mass

v come together as in a cluster or flock

Synonyms:: cluster, constellate, flock

Types:: huddle, huddle together
crowd or draw together; bunch, bunch together, bunch up
form into a bunch

Type of:: assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet
collect in one place

v gather or cause to gather into a cluster

Synonyms:: bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster

Types:: agglomerate
form into one cluster

Type of:: form
assume a form or shape

2

n a compact mass

Synonyms:: ball, chunk, clod, glob, lump

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; clot, coagulum
a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid; gob
a lump of slimy stuff; clew
a ball of yarn or cord or thread; thrombus
a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin; embolus
an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood

Type of:: agglomeration
a jumbled collection or mass

3

n a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

Synonyms:: clunk, thud, thump, thumping

Type of:: sound
the sudden occurrence of an audible event

v make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

Synonyms:: clop, clunk, plunk

Type of:: go, sound
make a certain noise or sound

v walk clumsily

Synonyms:: clomp

Type of:: walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps