English noun: lump | |||
1. | lump (group) a compact mass | ||
Samples | A ball of mud caught him on the shoulder. | ||
Synonyms | ball, chunk, clod, clump, glob | ||
Broader (hypernym) | agglomeration | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | clew, clot, coagulum, gob | ||
2. | lump (state) an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | ||
Synonyms | puffiness, swelling | ||
Broader (hypernym) | enlargement, symptom | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bloat, bunion, dropsy, edema, haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele, hydrops, intumescence, intumescency, iridoncus, lymphogranuloma, oedema, oscheocele, oscheocoele, spermatocele, tumidity, tumidness | ||
3. | lump (person) an awkward stupid person | ||
Synonyms | clod, gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, oaf, stumblebum | ||
Broader (hypernym) | clumsy person | ||
4. | lump (object) a large piece of something without definite shape | ||
Samples | A hunk of bread. A lump of coal. | ||
Synonyms | hunk | ||
Broader (hypernym) | part, piece | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | nodule, nugget | ||
English verb: lump | |||
1. | lump (contact) put together indiscriminately | ||
Samples | Lump together all the applicants. | ||
Synonyms | chunk | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up | ||
2. | lump (cognition) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side | ||
Synonyms | chunk, collocate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | group | ||