English Explanatory Dictionary

clump

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
  2. A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
  3. A dull thud.
  4. The compressed clay of coal strata.
  5. A small group of trees or plants.
  6. A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
verb
  1. To form clusters or lumps.
  2. To gather in dense groups.
  3. To walk with heavy footfalls.
  4. To strike; to beat.

Pronunciation

/klʌmp/ en-us-clump.ogg

Word forms

clump clumps clumping clumped

Etymology

From Middle English clompe, from Old English clymppe, a variant of clympre (“a lump or mass of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“lump, clamp”). Alternatively, possibly from Middle Dutch clompe or Middle Low German klumpe (compare German Klumpen). Doublet of klomp. Cognates include Danish klump (probably from Low German as well). Compare Norwegian Bokmål klump.

Derived words

clumpable clump block clumper clumpful clumpish clumplike clumpy declump interclump macroclump microclump Pine Clump red clump subclump unclump clump up
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