1lump1 (lʌmp
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Definitions
noun
- a small solid mass without definite shape
- pathology any small swelling or tumour
- a collection of things; aggregate
- informal an awkward, heavy, or stupid person
- (plural) US informal punishment, defeat, or reverses ⇒
he took his lumps
- See the lump
- (modifier) in the form of a lump or lumps ⇒
lump sugar
- See a lump in one's throat
verb
- (tr) often foll by together to collect into a mass or group
- (intr) to grow into lumps or become lumpy
- (tr) to consider as a single group, often without justification
- (tr) to make or cause lumps in or on
- (intr) often foll by along to move or proceed in a heavy manner
Word Origin
C13: probably related to early Dutch lompe piece, Scandinavian dialect lump block, Middle High German lumpe rag
Synonyms
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piece,
group,
ball,
spot,
block,
mass,
cake,
bunch,
cluster,
chunk,
wedge,
dab,
hunk,
nugget,
gob,
clod,
gobbet,
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group,
throw,
mass,
combine,
collect,
unite,
pool,
bunch,
consolidate,
aggregate,
batch,
conglomerate,
coalesce,
agglutinate,
2lump2 (lʌmp)
Definitions
verb
- (tr) informal to tolerate or put up with; endure (in the phrase lump it)
Word Origin
C16: origin uncertain
Synonyms
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put up with it
take it,
stand it bear it suffer it hack it tolerate it endure it brook it
