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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lump1 /lʌmp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape:a lump of coal.
- Pathologya swelling:A blow to his head raised a lump there.
- Informal Termsa clumsy, dull person.
adj. [before a noun] - not divided or separated:to pay a debt in a lump sum.
v. - to (cause to) be united into one collection or mass: [~ + object + together]We lumped the red and blue marbles together.[~ + together + object]We lumped together the red and blue marbles.[~ + together]The red blood cells lumped together.
- to deal with, consider, etc., in a lump or mass: [~ + together + object]to lump together unrelated matters.[~ + object + together]lumps unrelated matters together.
- to move heavily and awkwardly:[no object]The heavy tanks lumped along.
Idioms- Idioms get or take one's lumps, to receive or endure hardship, punishment, criticism, etc.
lump•i•ness, n. [uncountable] lump•ish, adj. lump•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. lump2 /lʌmp/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object][Informal.]- Informal Termsto put up with;
accept and endure:If you don't like it, you can lump it.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lump1 (lump),USA pronunciation n. - a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:a lump of coal.
- Pathologya 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?
- majority;
plurality;
multitude:The great lump of voters are still undecided. - Informal Terms lumps, harsh criticism, punishment, or defeat:The new theory came in for some lumps when other scholars heard of it.
- Informal Termsa heavy, clumsy, and usually stupid person.
- Idioms get or take one's lumps, to receive or endure hardship, punishment, criticism, etc.:Without its star pitcher, the baseball team will get its lumps today.
adj. - 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.
v.t. - to unite into one aggregation, collection, or mass (often fol. 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.
v.i. - 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.
- 1250–1300; Middle English lumpe, lomp(e); cognate with early Dutch lompe piece, Danish lump(e) lump, dialect, dialectal Norwegian lump block
- Informal Termsto put up with;
resign oneself to;
accept and endure:If you don't like it, you can lump it.
- 1785–95; American; perh. identical with Brit. dialect, dialectal lump to look sullen, of expressive origin, originally
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