clump
IPA: kɫˈʌmp
noun
- A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
- A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
- A dull thud.
- The compressed clay of coal strata.
- A small group of trees or plants.
- (historical) A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
- (transitive, intransitive) To gather in dense groups.
- (intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.
- (transitive, UK, regional) To strike; to beat.
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Examples of "clump" in Sentences
- Mainly because an orange-pip sized cell clump is not a baby.
- The clump is the den area, and to the right are a couple of badger kids.
- The man in the clump is fat and bald, his chin deeply lined from mouth to jowl.
- Each clump is named after a different benefactor, and each block in each clump is distinguished by a large capital letter.
- I like that she is using the same universe what she calls a clump of characters, but isn't sticking with the same narrator.
- Before, scientists had assumed that this shattering led to the eventual dissipation of the rings, but a new simulation, created by Glen Stewart and Stuart Robbins of the University of Colorado, shows that after breaking up, the particles could again clump together in a perpetual recycling process.
- A team led by Jane Greaves at the University of St Andrews in Scotland reckons that the clump is a planet in its very early years of formation -– at no more than 100,000 years old, it is much younger than the previous record holder for the youngest planet, which was less than 10 million years old.
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