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noun | verb lumplump1 /lʌmp/ ●●○ noun [countable] THESAURUSamount► piece an amount that has been cut or broken from something, or one of the amounts that something has been cut or broken into: The vase has a piece broken off of it. The lamp lay in pieces on the floor (=in small parts). ► scrap a small piece of paper, cloth, etc.: He took out the scrap of paper on which he’d written the address. ► strip a long narrow piece of paper, cloth, etc.: She tore a strip off her shirt to make a bandage. ► chip a small piece of wood or stone, especially one that separates accidentally from a larger piece when it is being cut: The pathway was covered with wood chips. ► flake a very thin flat piece of something such as snow or dried food, which breaks easily: The first flakes of snow were beginning to fall. ► fragment a small piece that has broken off something, especially rock, bone, glass, or metal: Fragments of glass from the car crash were still on the street. ► shard a sharp piece of broken glass, metal, or pottery: They found shards of ancient pots buried in the ground. ► chunk a thick piece of something solid that does not have an even shape: The stew was filled with large chunks of chicken. ► lump a small piece of something solid that does not have a definite shape: She put a lump of brown sugar in her coffee. ► block a piece of a hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides: They were using blocks of wood as stools. ► slice a thin flat piece of bread, meat, etc. cut from a larger piece: Would you like a slice of pie? ► crumb a very small piece of bread, cake, etc.: She scattered crumbs for the birds. ► sliver a very small thin piece of something: There was only a sliver of soap left. ► splinter a small sharp thin piece of wood, glass, or metal, especially one that goes into someone’s skin: He got a splinter in his toe from the old wood floor. 1a small piece of something solid, that does not have a definite shape: Stir the batter until all the lumps are gone.lump of a lump of clay► see thesaurus at piece12a small hard swollen area that sticks out from someone’s skin or grows in the body, usually because of an illness: The lump in Kay’s breast was cancerous.3bring a lump to somebody’s throat to make someone feel as if he or she wants to cry: Martin’s speech at the funeral brought a lump to my throat.4 (also sugar lump) a small square block of sugar, used to make coffee or tea sweet5take your lumps informal to accept the bad things that happen to you and not let them affect you: If the critics don’t like the book, I’ll have to take my lumps. noun | verb lumplump2 verb [transitive] disapproving VERB TABLElump |
| Present | I, you, we, they | lump | | he, she, it | lumps | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lumped | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lumped | | he, she, it | has lumped | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lumped | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lump | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lumped |
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| Present | I | am lumping | | he, she, it | is lumping | | you, we, they | are lumping | | Past | I, he, she, it | was lumping | | you, we, they | were lumping | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been lumping | | he, she, it | has been lumping | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been lumping | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be lumping | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been lumping |
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