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clumplike

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clump

[kluhmp]
–noun
1. a small, close group or cluster, esp. of trees or other plants.
2. a lump or mass
3. a heavy, thumping step, sound, etc.
4. Immunology. a cluster of agglutinated bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
5. a thick extra sole on a shoe.
–verb (used without object)
6. Also, clomp. to walk heavily and clumsily.
7. Immunology. to gather or be gathered into clumps; agglutinate.
–verb (used with object)
8. to gather or form into a clump; mass.

Origin:
1580–90; akin to D klompe lump, mass, OE clympre lump of metal


clumpy, clumpish, clumplike, adjective
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Main Entry: 2clump
Function: intransitive verb
: to form clumps clump transitive senses
: to arrange in or cause to form clumpsclumps the bacteria>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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