lump

noun

Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.
A group, set, or unit.
The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
A dull or lazy person.
Don't just sit there like a lump.
(as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
He's taken his lumps over the years.
A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.

verb

To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.
To bear a heavy or awkward burden; to carry something unwieldy from one place to another.
To hit or strike (a person).

The plural form of lump is: lumps.
Languages in which lump is used:
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