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单词 lumpy
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Definition of lumpy in English:

lumpy

adjectivelumpier, lumpiest ˈlʌmpiˈləmpi
  • 1Full of or covered with lumps.

    he lay on the lumpy mattress
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If my memory serves me well, they had a yellowish, lumpy inside.
    • Right in front of my nose a canvass blanket covered a lumpy pile.
    • Imagine two roads: one smooth, well-paved, well-maintained, the other lumpy and full of cracks and pits.
    • He takes a small lumpy box out and hands it to me.
    • Jenna shot a doubtful glance at the lumpy, brown couch in the corner of the room.
    • His face became disfigured, all blotchy and lumpy, truly monstrous, and he began to develop ulcers all over inside.
    • I awoke on a lumpy old couch that smelled more than faintly of alcohol.
    • She grasped at the ground under her right hand, taking a huge lump of wet, lumpy dirt up with it.
    • But, as I hinted above, I'd also peek under that slightly lumpy corner of the rug.
    • She seriously doubted a lumpy mattress would make for a good night's sleep.
    • The porridge was too sweet and too lumpy but I was so hungry I didn't care.
    • The room was quiet, as the food - fine couscous, raisins, honey and lumpy sour milk - appeared.
    • There was a small desk made of metal opposite his squeaky, lumpy bed.
    • If they get it right, the present school generation could be set on the road to a lifetime's love of good food, without a plate of pink custard or lumpy mash in sight.
    • There were pods like small lumpy rugby balls sprouting straight from the trunk.
    • The mattress, he discovered, was too thin to be sprung and slightly lumpy.
    • Half-hidden under the lumpy covers was a creature of indeterminate size, his head turned away from the door.
    • The paste is always too thin; too thick, too lumpy or the edges are dry.
    • Finally, I folded the sheet and set it on the bare lumpy mattress.
    • Even the basics are not up to scratch as the court, laid at the last minute, slopes alarmingly and is uneven in some places and positively lumpy in others.
    Synonyms
    bumpy, knobbly, bulging, uneven, covered with lumps, full of lumps
    clotted, curdled, full of lumps, congealed, coagulated
    granular, grainy
    rare nodose
    1. 1.1Nautical (of water) formed by the wind into small waves.
      there's a lumpy sea running
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Just an hour out of Port Taranaki, the sea was a bit lumpy, but bearable.
      • Some sites can have quite a current rushing across them and the seas can be lumpy.
      • Calmer patches on the way to Claife and Adelaide drew the fleet together before Five pulled away from Kiffs and Zephyr in the lumpy waters of Millerground Bay.
      • The wind had dropped but the sea was lumpy and Cuban boats aren't designed for it.
      • I can only assume that for my buddies in Tortola, this will only mean a bit of rain and some lumpy seas.

Derivatives

  • lumpily

  • adverb
    • Some of the modern art sculptures on campus are rather alarming when they appear quite unexpectedly and lumpily out of the shadows in the corner of your eye.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I wore a black unitard with a lumpily stuffed black pantyhose leg pinned to my backside.
      • In the midst of this instant lake sat the chicken coop, its roof blown away, and a flock of sodden, disgruntled, out of sorts hens perched lumpily atop it.
      • But oatmeal sits, however lumpily, at the cutting edge of a revolution in the way we think about food.
      • Almost a century later, the chapter house was rebuilt, though rather lumpily, re-using some original stonework.
  • lumpiness

  • noun ˈlʌmpɪnəsˈləmpinəs
    • Right before and during your period, hormone levels rise, causing tenderness and even fluctuations in size and lumpiness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Possible side effects include blistering, soreness, lumpiness and allergic reactions such as rashes.
      • Blood spurted; half a pint was collected in a gourd, which was vigorously stirred to prevent lumpiness and the sticky stick passed to an ecstatic child like mummy's cake spoon.
      • My favorite part was glazing because I think that the lumpiness gives it character.
      • I may be wrong, but maybe that lumpiness has always been there.

Rhymes

bumpy, clumpy, dumpy, frumpy, grumpy, humpy, jumpy, plumpy, rumpy-pumpy, scrumpy, stumpy
 
 

Definition of lumpy in US English:

lumpy

adjectiveˈləmpēˈləmpi
  • 1Full of or covered with lumps.

    he lay on the lumpy mattress
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Finally, I folded the sheet and set it on the bare lumpy mattress.
    • His face became disfigured, all blotchy and lumpy, truly monstrous, and he began to develop ulcers all over inside.
    • He takes a small lumpy box out and hands it to me.
    • Even the basics are not up to scratch as the court, laid at the last minute, slopes alarmingly and is uneven in some places and positively lumpy in others.
    • The mattress, he discovered, was too thin to be sprung and slightly lumpy.
    • I awoke on a lumpy old couch that smelled more than faintly of alcohol.
    • Imagine two roads: one smooth, well-paved, well-maintained, the other lumpy and full of cracks and pits.
    • The paste is always too thin; too thick, too lumpy or the edges are dry.
    • Jenna shot a doubtful glance at the lumpy, brown couch in the corner of the room.
    • If my memory serves me well, they had a yellowish, lumpy inside.
    • If they get it right, the present school generation could be set on the road to a lifetime's love of good food, without a plate of pink custard or lumpy mash in sight.
    • Right in front of my nose a canvass blanket covered a lumpy pile.
    • She seriously doubted a lumpy mattress would make for a good night's sleep.
    • But, as I hinted above, I'd also peek under that slightly lumpy corner of the rug.
    • There were pods like small lumpy rugby balls sprouting straight from the trunk.
    • The porridge was too sweet and too lumpy but I was so hungry I didn't care.
    • The room was quiet, as the food - fine couscous, raisins, honey and lumpy sour milk - appeared.
    • She grasped at the ground under her right hand, taking a huge lump of wet, lumpy dirt up with it.
    • Half-hidden under the lumpy covers was a creature of indeterminate size, his head turned away from the door.
    • There was a small desk made of metal opposite his squeaky, lumpy bed.
    Synonyms
    bumpy, knobbly, bulging, uneven, covered with lumps, full of lumps
    clotted, curdled, full of lumps, congealed, coagulated
    1. 1.1Nautical (of water) formed by the wind into small waves.
      a large lumpy sea
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some sites can have quite a current rushing across them and the seas can be lumpy.
      • Calmer patches on the way to Claife and Adelaide drew the fleet together before Five pulled away from Kiffs and Zephyr in the lumpy waters of Millerground Bay.
      • I can only assume that for my buddies in Tortola, this will only mean a bit of rain and some lumpy seas.
      • Just an hour out of Port Taranaki, the sea was a bit lumpy, but bearable.
      • The wind had dropped but the sea was lumpy and Cuban boats aren't designed for it.
 
 
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