Lump Definition
lŭmp
lumped, lumping, lumps
noun
lumps
An irregularly shaped mass or piece.
American Heritage Medicine
A solid mass of no special shape, esp. one small enough to be taken up in the hand; hunk.
Webster's New World
A small cube or oblong piece.
Webster's New World
Such a cube or piece made of sugar crystals bound together with sugar syrup.
Webster's New World
A swelling or protuberance, as one caused by a blow or formed by a tumor or cyst.
Webster's New World
adjective
Forming or formed into a lump or lumps.
Lump sugar.
Webster's New World
Not broken or divided into parts.
A lump payment.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- holusbolus
- en-masse
verb
lumped, lumping, lumps
To tolerate (what must be endured).
Like it or lump it.
American Heritage
To put together in a lump or lumps.
Webster's New World
To move with heavy clumsiness.
American Heritage
To treat or deal with in a mass, or include in one group.
Webster's New World
To become lumpy.
Webster's New World
idiom
lump in (one's) throat
- A feeling of constriction in the throat caused by emotion.
American Heritage
in the lump
- in the mass or aggregate; all together
Webster's New World
lump in one's throat
- a tight feeling in the throat, as from restrained emotion
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Lump
Origin of Lump
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Middle English lumpe. Confer German Lumpen (“rag”) and Lump (“ragamuffin”)
From Wiktionary
Middle English lumpe of Low German origin obsolete Dutch lompe
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Perhaps from dialectal lump to look sullen
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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