Definition of clump
Nouns
a grouping of a number of similar things
- Synonyms:
- bunch, cluster, clustering
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Northern Cross
a cluster of 5 bright stars forming a cross in the constellation Cygnus
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Omega Centauri
a global cluster in the constellation Centaurus
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Pleiades
a star cluster in the constellation Taurus
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knot
a tight cluster of people or things
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swad
a bunch
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tuft, tussock
a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
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wisp
a small tuft or lock
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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
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coma
(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)
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agglomeration
a jumbled collection or mass
a compact mass
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clot, coagulum
a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
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thrombus
a blood clot formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin
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embolus
an abnormal particle (e.g. an air bubble or part of a clot) circulating in the blood
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gob
a lump of slimy stuff
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clew
a ball of yarn or cord or thread
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agglomeration
a jumbled collection or mass
Verbs
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
come together as in a cluster or flock
- Synonyms:
- cluster, constellate, flock
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huddle, huddle together
crowd or draw together
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bunch, bunch together, bunch up
form into a bunch
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assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet
collect in one place
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
- 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

