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单词 clump
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clump

(klʌmp)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense clumps, present participle clumping, past tense, past participle clumped
1. countable noun
A clump of things such as trees or plants is a small group of them growing together.
...a clump of trees bordering a side road. [+ of]
...a sweetly scented perennial that grows in clumps.
Synonyms: cluster, group, mass, bunch More Synonyms of clump
2. countable noun
A clump of things such as wires or hair is a group of them collected together in one place.
I was combing my hair and it was just falling out in clumps.
[Also + of]
3. verb
If someone clumps somewhere, they walk there with heavy, clumsy steps.
They went clumping up the stairs. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Men in big construction boots were clumping in and out with plans in their hands. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: stomp, stamp, stump, thump More Synonyms of clump
4. verb
If things clump together, they gather together and form small groups or lumps.
Brown rice takes longer to cook but it doesn't clump together as easily as whiterice. [V + together]

clump in British English

(klʌmp)
noun
1. 
a cluster, as of trees or plants
2. 
a dull heavy tread or any similar sound
3. 
an irregular mass
a clump of hair
4. 
an inactive mass of microorganisms, esp a mass of bacteria produced as a result of agglutination
5. 
an extra sole on a shoe
6.  slang
a blow
verb
7. (intransitive)
to walk or tread heavily
8. 
to gather or be gathered into clumps, clusters, clots, etc
9. 
to cause (bacteria, blood cells, etc) to collect together or (of bacteria, etc) to collect together
10. (transitive) slang
to punch (someone)
Derived forms
clumpy (ˈclumpy)
adjective
clumpiness (ˈclumpiness)
noun
Word origin
Old English clympe; related to Middle Dutch klampe heap of hay, Middle Low German klampe clamp2, Swedish klimp small lump

clump in American English

(klʌmp)
noun
1. 
a lump; mass
2. 
a mass of bacteria
3. 
a cluster, as of shrubs or trees
4. 
the sound of heavy footsteps
verb intransitive
5. 
to walk heavily; tramp
6. 
to form clumps
verb transitive
7. 
to plant in a clump; group together in a cluster
8. 
to cause to form clumps
Word origin
< Du klomp or LowG klump: for IE base see club

Examples of 'clump' in a sentence
clump

Blitz until ingredients combine and clump together.
The Sun (2016)
They disperse in winter and may turn up in almost any large clump of reeds.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They like clumps of trees that are close together so that it is easy for them to fly between them.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Thus new clumps of mistletoe form.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Blitz for a few seconds until the dough clumps together (if doing this by hand it may take longer).
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If you already have large clumps, this is the time to lift and divide them, which will stop them getting too congested and keep them flowering well.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The clump of hair suggests he probably died young.
The Sun (2010)
Last year there were dozens of them and they were taking over my perennial clumps.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This will help the granola to form crispy clumps without extra oil.
The Sun (2015)
Given time they will make big clumps.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Process again until the mixture sticks together in clumps.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
How many bulbs were there in the smallest and largest clumps?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
One picture appeared to show clumps of hair on the pavement afterwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This may seem generous but offsets quickly grow to form dense clumps.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
 Big old clumps can be chopped in halves or quarters.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
 Big clumps can always spare a bit.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In salt marshes along the shore and on the sea walls there are now large clumps of sea lavender.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Trees put more food into the urban ecosystem than all those precious grasses and perennials and clumps of nettles put together.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This clumps together and wrecks memory.
The Sun (2016)
When some of them were shot, they dropped back to a clump of trees to regroup.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Take the other half and split again, so one clump becomes three.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
With large clumps dig up the entire plant and split using back-to-back garden forks pushed together.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
With stems and foliage of darkest purple, it forms clumps over time.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Granted, people often clump together for mutual protection from an outside enemy.
Christianity Today (2000)
In poor soil the flower heads become smaller and the clumps thinner and shorter, but the plant will still stand up.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Pulling apart a fully grown clump of any perennial inevitably makes the stems flop, since they no longer have support from each other.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I will think carefully about how to place the clumps during the planting work in December.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In other languages
clump

British English: clump NOUN
A clump of things such as trees or plants is a small group of them growing together.
...a clump of trees bordering a side road.
  • American English: clump
  • Brazilian Portuguese: grupo
  • Chinese: > 丛树或植物的
  • European Spanish: grupo
  • French: massif
  • German: Gruppe
  • Italian: gruppo
  • Japanese: 木立
  • Korean: 수풀
  • European Portuguese: grupo
  • Latin American Spanish: grupo

Chinese translation of 'clump'

clump

(klʌmp)

n (c)

  1. [of trees, grass] 丛(叢) (cóng)
  2. [of hair] 绺(綹) (liǔ)
(noun) 
Definition
a small group of things or people together
There was a clump of trees bordering the side of the road.
Synonyms
cluster
A cluster of men blocked the doorway.
group
a small group of islands off northern Japan
mass
A mass of excited people clogged the street.
bunch
She had fallen asleep clutching a fat bunch of grapes.
bundle
He gathered the bundles of clothing into his arms.
shock
a very old priest with a shock of white hair
(verb) 
Definition
to walk or tread heavily
They went clumping up the stairs to bed.
Synonyms
stomp
stamp
She stamped her feet on the pavement to keep out the cold.
stump
The marshal stumped out of the room.
thump
She thumped her hand on the witness box.
lumber
He turned and lumbered back to his chair.
tramp
They put on their coats and tramped through the fallen snow.
plod
He plodded slowly up the hill.
thud
She ran upstairs, her bare feet thudding on the wood.
clomp

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bunch
Definition
a number of things growing, fastened, or grouped together
She had fallen asleep clutching a fat bunch of grapes.
Synonyms
cluster,
clump,
bundle,
rick,
parcel,
tuft
in the sense of bundle
Definition
a number of things or a quantity of material gathered or loosely bound together
He gathered the bundles of clothing into his arms.
Synonyms
bunch,
group,
collection,
mass,
pile,
quantity,
stack,
bolt,
roll,
heap,
rick,
batch,
accumulation,
assortment,
armful
in the sense of group
Definition
a number of people or things considered as a unit
a small group of islands off northern Japan
Synonyms
cluster,
collection,
formation,
clump,
aggregation

Nearby words of
clump

  • club
  • clue
  • clueless
  • clump
  • clumsiness
  • clumsy
  • cluster

Synonyms of 'clump'

clump

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