Clump
[klʌmp]
Definition
(n.) An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
(n.) A cluster; a group; a thicket.
(n.) The compressed clay of coal strata.
(v. t.) To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.
(v. i.) To tread clumsily; to clamp.
Inputed by Estella
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cluster, bunch, group, assemblage.
Checker: Sabina
Definition
n. a thick short shapeless piece of anything: a cluster of trees or shrubs: a thick sole put on in addition.—v.i. to walk heavily.—v.t. to put in a clump.—n.pl. Clumps a parlour game of question and answer—also Clubs.—adj. Clump′y abounding in clumps: heavy.
Checker: Spenser
Examples
- She must not go out, Mr. Clump. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As he spoke, a woman's shrill scream--a scream which vibrated with a frenzy of horror--burst from the thick, green clump of bushes in front of us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Upon my word, Madam, Mr. Clump now said bluntly, I won't answer for her life if she remains locked up in that dark room. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She should have change, fresh air, gaiety; the most delightful remedies in the pharmacopoeia, Mr. Clump said, grinning and showing his handsome teeth. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Near the second stile rose a clump of trees. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Why, why, Mr. Clump, did you not inform me sooner? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He saw the clump of coloured bells, and the tree-like, tiny branch: also her hands, with their over-fine, over-sensitive skin. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Look at those big, isolated clumps of building rising up above the slates, like brick islands in a lead-colored sea. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Behind one of these clumps I took up my position, so as to command both the gateway of the Hall and a long stretch of the road upon either side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was on some sort of a heathy common mottled over with dark clumps of furze-bushes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Tall clumps of flowering plants were grouped against a background of dark foliage in the angles of the walls. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- This place, Deep Dene House, is a big modern villa of staring brick, standing back in its own grounds, with a laurel-clumped lawn in front of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Winfred