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clump

  [kluhmp]
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–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

Related forms:
clumpy, clumpish, clumplike, adjective
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clump   (klŭmp)   
n.  

  1. A clustered mass; a lump: clumps of soil.

  2. A thick grouping, as of trees or bushes.

  3. A heavy dull sound; a thud.

v.   clumped, clump·ing, clumps

v.   intr.

  1. To form lumps or thick groupings.

  2. To walk or move so as to make a heavy dull sound.

v.   tr.
To gather into or form lumps or thick groupings of.

[Probably Low German klump, from Middle Low German klumpe, cluster of trees.]
clump'y adj.
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Medical Dictionary

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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