clump
[noun]
Synonyms:
- cluster, bunch, bundle, group, mass
[verb]
Synonyms:
- stomp, lumber, plod, thud, thump, tramp

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Related Words: clutter, hodgepodge, jumble, omnium-gatherum

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. clump¹ /klʌmp/ noun
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Probably from Low German klump]

1. [countable] a group of trees, bushes, or other plants growing very close together
clump of
a thick clump of grass
in a clump
The roses were planted in clumps across the park.

2. [countable + of] a small mass of something such as earth or mud

3. [uncountable] the sound of someone walking with heavy steps:
I heard the clump of Ralph’s boots going up the stairs.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. clump² verb

1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk with slow noisy steps
clump up/down/along etc
The kids clumped up the stairs in their boots.

2. (also clump together) [intransitive and transitive] if separate objects clump together, or are clumped together, they form a group or solid mass:
Hair and soap had clumped together in the drain.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

clump
noun
ADJ. great, large | little, small | dense These plants quickly form dense clumps.
straggling, tangled
VERB + CLUMP form
PREP. in a/the ~ situated in a clump of trees
~ of great clumps of rhododendrons

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