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lump
1[ luhmp ]
noun
- a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:
a lump of coal.
- a protuberance or swelling:
a blow that raised a lump on his head.
- an aggregation, collection, or mass; clump:
All the articles were piled in a great lump.
- Also called lump of sugar. a small block of granulated sugar, designed for sweetening hot coffee, tea, etc.:
How many lumps do you take in your coffee?
- the greater part or number; a large number:
The great lump of voters are still undecided.
- lumps, Informal. harsh criticism, punishment, or defeat:
The new theory came in for some lumps when other scholars heard of it.
- Informal. a heavy, clumsy, and usually stupid person.
adjective
- in the form of a lump or lumps:
lump sugar.
- made up of a number of items taken together; not separated or considered separately:
The debts were paid in one lump sum.
verb (used with object)
- to unite into one aggregation, collection, or mass (often followed by together ):
We lumped the reds and blues together.
- to deal with, handle, consider, etc., in the lump or mass:
to lump unrelated matters indiscriminately.
- to make into a lump or lumps:
to lump dough before shaping it into loaves.
- to raise into or cover with lumps:
a plow lumping the moist earth.
verb (used without object)
- to form or raise a lump or lumps:
Stir the gravy so that it doesn't lump.
- to move heavily and awkwardly:
The big oaf lumped along beside me.
lump
2[ luhmp ]
verb (used with object)
- to put up with; resign oneself to; accept and endure:
If you don't like it, you can lump it.
lump
1/ ±ôÊŒ³¾±è /
noun
- a small solid mass without definite shape
- pathol any small swelling or tumour
- a collection of things; aggregate
- informal.an awkward, heavy, or stupid person
- informal.plural punishment, defeat, or reverses
he took his lumps
- the lump
- self-employed workers in the building trade considered collectively, esp with reference to tax and national insurance evasion
- ( as modifier )
lump labour
- modifier in the form of a lump or lumps
lump sugar
- a lump in one's throata tight dry feeling in one's throat, usually caused by great emotion
verb
- troften foll bytogether to collect into a mass or group
- intr to grow into lumps or become lumpy
- tr to consider as a single group, often without justification
- tr to make or cause lumps in or on
- introften foll byalong to move or proceed in a heavy manner
lump
2/ ±ôÊŒ³¾±è /
verb
- informal.tr to tolerate or put up with; endure (in the phrase lump it )
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lump1
Origin of lump2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lump1
Origin of lump2
Idioms and Phrases
- get / take one's lumps, to receive or endure hardship, punishment, criticism, etc.:
Without its star pitcher, the baseball team will get its lumps today.
More idioms and phrases containing lump
In addition to the idiom beginning with lump , also see like it or lump it .Example Sentences
Withdrawn and caustic, Janice is a raw lump of unresponsiveness bombarded by those determined to “fix†her.
People can pay their bills in one lump sum or in instalments and there are also discounts in certain circumstances.
But your homemade meals don’t have to resemble a frozen TV dinner, with its segmented tray of meat, an amorphous sauce, a scoop of peas or rice and a mysterious, saccharine lump of... jello?
Phil had skin cancer removed four weeks ago from his chin and the consultant wanted to check a couple of pea-sized lumps in his stomach.
The stand-up comic, 41, was first diagnosed with cancer in 2004 when she was a student in Toronto, having a "golf ball-sized" lump taken out of her thigh as a result.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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