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Clump   /kləmp/   Listen
Clump

noun
1.
A grouping of a number of similar things.  Synonyms: bunch, cluster, clustering.  "A cluster of admirers"
2.
A compact mass.  Synonyms: ball, chunk, clod, glob, lump.
3.
A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects).  Synonyms: clunk, thud, thump, thumping.
verb
1.
Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.  Synonyms: clop, clunk, plunk.
2.
Come together as in a cluster or flock.  Synonyms: cluster, constellate, flock.
3.
Walk clumsily.  Synonym: clomp.
4.
Gather or cause to gather into a cluster.  Synonyms: bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster.





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"Clump" Quotes from Famous Books



... ahead, since Carlota and Eloin talked earnestly in French, intent on their plot for the persuasion of the Emperor. But as the American parted a clump of oleanders and laden rosebushes that hid the little lake, he stopped, his eyes wide on something just beyond. In the instant he fell back, and confronted the other two with such a look on his face that both started in vague alarm. They saw the sickened look of one who turns from a revolting sight. ...
— The Missourian • Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
... ceased one by one; the clump of willows by the river grew darker and darker; the stars came out and shone with that magnetic brilliancy that fixes our gaze upon them, leading one to ...
— On the Church Steps • Sarah C. Hallowell
... dust. Chrisfield was limping. On both sides of the road were fields of ripe wheat, golden under the sun. In the distance were low green hills fading to blue, pale yellow in patches with the ripe grain. Here and there a thick clump of trees or a screen of poplars broke the flatness of the long smooth hills. In the hedgerows were blue cornflowers and poppies in all colors from carmine to orange that danced in the wind on their wiry stalks. At the turn in the road they lost the noise of the division and could hear ...
— Three Soldiers • John Dos Passos
... the heath is better," Allan answered. "I will race you for half a pound of chocolates to that clump of pines!" ...
— The Master Mummer • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... pause at the spot where they had hid their car the night before, but continued down the main road for a half mile farther. There he plunged into the forest, to continue his journey under cover. Eleven o'clock found him concealed in a clump of bushes in the woods that lay opposite the ...
— Curlie Carson Listens In • Roy J. Snell


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