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The synonyms of “Lump” are: clod, gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, oaf, stumblebum, puffiness, swelling, hunk, ball, chunk, clump, glob, wedge, piece, mass, block, slab, cake, nugget, brick, cube, dab, pat, knob, dollop, wad, cluster, mound, concentration, bump, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, growth, outgrowth, carbuncle, hump, tumour, wen, boil, blister, wart, corn, eruption, node, contusion, collocate, combine, put, group, bunch, aggregate, unite, pool, mix, blend, merge, join, fuse, conglomerate, coalesce, consolidate, collect, throw, consider together
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “lump” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| ball | Baseball. The ball at the base of the thumb. |
| blister | A preparation applied to the skin to form a blister. The child is a disgusting little blister. |
| block | The length of one side of a block especially as a measure of distance. A sketching block. |
| boil | A casual outdoor meal at which shellfish is prepared by boiling. A boil from a fish in a pool. |
| brick | Bricks collectively as a building material. This mill was built of brick. |
| bulge | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. A bulge in the birth rate. |
| bump | An impact (as from a collision. Her mosquito bites had come up in huge red bumps. |
| cake | A flattish compact mass of something, especially soap. A delicious cake smothered with whipped cream. |
| carbuncle | A severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin, typically infected with staphylococcus bacteria. |
| chunk | A compact mass. Huge chunks of masonry littered the street. |
| clod | A compact mass. You re an insensitive clod and I hope you fall and break your neck. |
| clump | A small group of trees or plants growing closely together. Clumps of earth. |
| cluster | A natural subgroup of a population, used for statistical sampling or analysis. A cluster of admirers. |
| concentration | Strengthening the concentration as of a solute in a mixture by removing diluting material. The concentration of power in the hands of nobles. |
| contusion | The action of bruising. The bruise resulted from a contusion. |
| corn | Whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn. That movie was pure corn. |
| cube | A block in the approximate shape of a cube. A sugar cube. |
| dab | A small amount of something. Apply concealer with light dabs. |
| dollop | A large, shapeless mass of something, especially soft food. Great dollops of cream. |
| eruption | (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed. Irritable skin eruptions. |
| gawk | An awkward or shy person. Let those country gawks dance to their hearts content. |
| glob | A lump of a semi-liquid substance. Thick globs of mozzarella cheese. |
| goon | A guard in a German prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War. He hired goons to hunt down supporters. |
| growth | Vegetation that has grown. A growth of trees. |
| hunk | A large, strong, sexually attractive man. A Hollywood hunk. |
| lout | An uncouth and aggressive man or boy. Drunken louts. |
| lubber | An awkward stupid person. |
| lummox | A clumsy, stupid person. Watch it you great lummox. |
| mass | (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent. The masterly distribution of masses. |
| mound | The slight elevation on which the pitcher stands. They have a southpaw on the mound. |
| node | A lymph node or other structure consisting of a small mass of differentiated tissue. The company s internal worldwide area network now has some 22 000 nodes. |
| nugget | A small lump of gold or other precious metal found ready-formed in the earth. Nuggets of meat. |
| oaf | An awkward stupid person. They are just big clumsy oafs. |
| outgrowth | A natural development or result of something. The eye first appears as an outgrowth from the brain. |
| pat | A quick, light touch with the hand. Giving him a friendly pat on the arm she went off to join the others. |
| piece | A separate part of a whole. A haunting piece of music. |
| protrusion | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. A protrusion of rock jutted from the mountainside. |
| protuberance | The condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out. The large size and protuberance of the incisors. |
| puffiness | An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement. |
| slab | A pack containing 24 bottles or cans of beer. She settled on a slab of rock. |
| stumblebum | An awkward stupid person. |
| swelling | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. Painless swellings may appear in the lower abdomen. |
| tumour | An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose. |
| wart | An imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart especially in smallness or unattractiveness. Few products are without their warts. |
| wedge | An object or piece of something shaped like a wedge. He invested his wedge in stocks and shares. |
| wen | A common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked. The great wen of London. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “lump” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| aggregate | Amount in the aggregate to. Socio occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation. |
| blend | Blend or harmonize. Blend the cornflour with a tablespoon of water. |
| bunch | Form into a bunch. She bunched the needles together. |
| chunk | Divide something into chunks. To prepare hypertext information is chunked into small manageable units. |
| coalesce | Fuse or cause to grow together. The puddles had coalesced into shallow streams. |
| collect | Gather or collect. He collected their rent each week. |
| collocate | Place side by side or in a particular relation. Maiden collocates with voyage. |
| combine | Combine so as to form a whole mix. A new product which combines the benefits of a hairspray and a gel. |
| conglomerate | Form a conglomerate by merging diverse firms. The urge to conglomerate has long been out of fashion in American boardrooms. |
| consider together | Give careful consideration to. |
| consolidate | Combine (a number of financial accounts or funds) into a single overall account or set of accounts. Consolidated accounts. |
| fuse | Cause an electrical appliance to stop working when a fuse melts. Intermarriage had fused the families into a large unit. |
| group | Form a group or groups. Molluscs are grouped into seven different classes. |
| join | Cause to become joined or linked. Her brothers joined up in 1914. |
| mass | Join together into a mass or collect or form a mass. Clouds massed heavily on the horizon. |
| merge | Blend or cause to blend gradually into something else so as to become indistinguishable from it. The merchant bank merged with another broker. |
| mix | Mix together different elements. The people he mixed with were nothing to do with show business. |
| pool | Of liquid form a pool on the ground or another surface. We pooled resources. |
| put | Put into a certain place or abstract location. A large aid programme was put into practice. |
| throw | Throw a die out onto a flat surface. The man who throws a race is a crook for life. |
| unite | Be or become joined or united or linked. She unites charm with a good business sense. |
| bagatelle | A game in which small balls are hit and then allowed to roll down a sloping board on which there are holes, each numbered with the score achieved if a ball goes into it, with pins acting as obstructions. Dealing with these boats was a mere bagatelle for the world s oldest yacht club. |
| ball | Form into a ball by winding or rolling. The mayor threw out the first ball. |
| bouncy | Bouncing or causing things to bounce. She was still the girl he remembered bouncy and full of life. |
| chunk | Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side. Pupils are able to chunk phrases or propositions into units. |
| clump | Form a clump or clumps. They sat on the wall in clumps of two and three. |
| core | Remove the core or center from. The ball has a titanium core. |
| diameter | A straight line passing from side to side through the centre of a body or figure, especially a circle or sphere. |
| flesh | Remove adhering flesh from hides when preparing leather manufacture. I have fleshed my bloodhound. |
| golf | Play golf. He was a fixture at the golf club in Rockport where he golfed until his early nineties. |
| juggle | Organize (information or figures) in order to give a particular impression. Charles juggled five tangerines his hands a frantic blur. |
| juggling | Throwing and catching several objects simultaneously. |
| kernel | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. The milky kernel of the wheat grain. |
| kick | Kick a leg up. The team s kicking was excellent. |
| large | Fairly large or important in effect influential. Many large investors are likely to take a different view. |
| marrow | Very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones. A bone marrow transplant. |
| mass | Join together into a mass or collect or form a mass. Both countries began massing troops in the region. |
| massive | A group of young people from a particular area with a common interest in dance music. The Bristol massive. |
| meat | The flesh of an animal, typically a mammal or bird, as food (the flesh of domestic fowls is sometimes distinguished as poultry. Place meat and poultry in the refrigerator immediately. |
| monolithic | (of a building) very large and characterless. The monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture. |
| monumental | Great in importance, extent, or size. Einstein s monumental contributions to physics. |
| pith | Remove the pith from a plant. Peel and pith the oranges. |
| pork | The flesh of a pig used as food, especially when uncured. Roast pork. |
| rebound | The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot. He is still on the rebound from his wife s death. |
| roller | Relating to or involving roller skates. The sheets moved through rollers and down the folding machine. |
| soccer | A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents’ goal. |
| sphere | The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected. The markers on the route included two conspicuous black spheres. |
| sphericity | The roundness of a 3-dimensional object. |
| volley | Be dispersed in a volley. He took his chance well volleying into the top corner from 25 yards. |
| volleyball | An inflated ball used in playing volleyball. |
| wallow | A depression containing mud or shallow water formed by the wallowing of large mammals. He had been wallowing in self pity. |
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