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clump

Pronunciation: /klʌmp/

The English word “clump” has 10 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
  2. A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
  3. A small group of trees or other plants growing together.
  4. A dull thud.
  5. The compressed clay of coal strata.
  6. A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.

verb

  1. To form clusters or lumps.
  2. To gather in dense groups.
  3. To walk with heavy footfalls.
  4. To strike; to beat.

Etymology

From Middle English clompe, from Old English clymppe, a variant of clympre (“a lump or mass of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“lump, clamp”). Alternatively, possibly from Middle Dutch clompe or Middle Low German klumpe (compare German Klumpen). Doublet of klomp. Cognates include Danish klump (probably from Low German as well).…

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