clump

noun

/klʌmp/

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a small group of things or people very close together, especially trees or plants; a bunch of something such as grass or hair
- a clump of trees/bushes
Extra Examples
- great clumps of rhododendrons
- situated in a clump of trees
- He tore out a clump of her hair.
- I tripped over a clump of grass in the darkness.
- There was a clump of bushes at the edge of the lawn.
- They planted trees in clumps around the park.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- great
- large
- …
verb + clump
- form
preposition
- in a/the clump
- clump of
See full entry
the sound made by somebody putting their feet down very heavily
- I heard the heavy clump of feet on the stairs.

Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a heap or lump): partly imitative, reinforced by Middle Low German klumpe and Middle Dutch klompe; related to club ‘to hit someone with a stick or heavy object’.

clump

verb

/klʌmp/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they clump	/klʌmp/ /klʌmp/
he / she / it clumps	/klʌmps/ /klʌmps/
past simple clumped	/klʌmpt/ /klʌmpt/
past participle clumped	/klʌmpt/ /klʌmpt/
-ing form clumping	/ˈklʌmpɪŋ/ /ˈklʌmpɪŋ/

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[intransitive] + adv./prep. (especially British English) to put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
- The children clumped down the stairs.
[intransitive, transitive] clump (together) | clump A and B (together) to come together to form a tight group; to be brought together to form a tight group
- Galaxies tend to clump together in clusters.