Modifies a noun

• custard: She loves chips and hate sprouts and lumpy custard.

• mattress: Steve says ( to Bonnie Hunt ) " We could use a little change around here - like this lumpy old mattress.

• breast: I went to the GP with a lumpy breast last Tuesday morning.

• sea: The incidents took place in force 5 to 6 N winds, lumpy seas, about 50 m off a heavily breaking lee shore.

• bit: Symptoms are sunken pits or raised lumpy bits on the skin.

• food: Even babies who dislike lumpy foods usually take to them.

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: However, despite rotating infusion sites, some sites felt slightly lumpy beneath the skin, and became less and less reliable.

• rather: The C compiler silently glides by some rather lumpy areas.

• quite: The entrance was quite lumpy with poor visibility across to the Isle of Wight.

• very: The grass seems to have taken well but the ground has become very lumpy.

• too: She usually finds her legs a little too lumpy, or her color a little too pale.

• not: STEP 8 Put the rope on the floor and roll it under foot until it looks perfectly balanced and not lumpy.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: However, if it feels lumpy, then there may be cause for concern and this will require further tests.

• become: The grass seems to have taken well but the ground has become very lumpy.

• get: Make sure you stir constantly to prevent the mixture getting lumpy.

• go: Donât forget to stir it constantly, or it might go lumpy on you.

• look: You CAN stretch a bit map but the dots which make up the image will grow into ' bricks ' and therefore look lumpy.

• turn: Gradually add water, stirring continuously to prevent it turning lumpy.