clump

Definition of clump

Nouns

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:
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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
a compact mass
Synonyms:
ball, chunk, clod, glob, lump
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clot, coagulum
a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
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
gob
a lump of slimy stuff
clew
a ball of yarn or cord or thread
Type of:
agglomeration
a jumbled collection or mass
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

Verbs

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

Vocabulary Lists for clump

Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 21-31 »(129 words)
Vocabulary study list for Harper Lee's "To Kill a...
  • perforate
  • feral
  • queasy
  • enunciate
  • duress

Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" Chapters 1-16 »(65 words)
Vocabulary study list for Mark Twain's "Huckleberry...
  • raspy
  • haggle
  • rummage
  • welt
  • browse

Edith Warton's Ethan Frome »(2499 words)
Vocabulary study list from Edith Warton's "Ethan Frome"
  • Hale
  • German ivy
  • matt
  • sleigh
  • flats

Jack London's White Fang - Part 1 »(323 words)
An excellent vocabulary list for the first part of Jack...
  • red wolf
  • grey wolf
  • shooting iron
  • circle
  • yelp

T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" Chapters 1-10 »(279 words)
Vocabulary study list for T.H. White's "The Once and...
  • bedraggle
  • organon
  • undulate
  • scratchy
  • vacuous

A Whole New Mind »(61 words)
  • audacious
  • masterful
  • provoking
  • gargantuan
  • wrought

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