[
UK
/klˈʌmp/
]
[ US /ˈkɫəmp/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫəmp/ ]
NOUN
- a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
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a grouping of a number of similar things
a bunch of trees
a cluster of admirers -
a compact mass
a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
VERB
- make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
- walk clumsily
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come together as in a cluster or flock
The poets constellate in this town every summer -
gather or cause to gather into a cluster
She bunched her fingers into a fist
How To Use clump In A Sentence
- The clump is the den area, and to the right are a couple of badger kids. Archive 2009-06-01
- There was a good deal of waste in this combing, that is, large clumps of tangled wool called noil were combed out. Home Life in Colonial Days
- The path follows the river closely, occasionally deviating round a clump of trees.
- Granted, people often clump together for mutual protection from an outside enemy. Christianity Today
- The tribesmen were all bunched together in clumps, and they too seemed frenzied with excitement.
- I thought we were never going to reach it; and then, almost unexpectedly, we suddenly came upon it - a small but ancient village, rising up on a slight eminence, but concealed from view by big clumps of tall-growing reeds.
- Arrange clumps of fig and peach over the cream. Times, Sunday Times
- His thin, white hair was clumped in oily points that yellowed at the tips.
- The birds love the dense thickets and scrub and clumps of bushes like blackthorn that grow in the older sites of the park.
- The children would gather in a noisy clump at the rear window to shout encouragement and offer coaching tips to their pursuer.