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- [luhmp]
- /lʌmp/
- /lʌmp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [luhmp]
- /lʌmp/
Definitions of lump word
- noun lump a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal. 1
- noun lump a protuberance or swelling: a blow that raised a lump on his head. 1
- noun lump an aggregation, collection, or mass; clump: All the articles were piled in a great lump. 1
- noun 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? 1
- noun lump majority; plurality; multitude: The great lump of voters are still undecided. 1
- noun lump lumps, Informal. harsh criticism, punishment, or defeat: The new theory came in for some lumps when other scholars heard of it. 1
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Origin of lump
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English lumpe, lomp(e); cognate with early Dutch lompe piece, Danish lump(e) lump, dialectal Norwegian lump block
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Parts of speech for Lump
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lump popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lump usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lump
noun lump
- bump — If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
- swelling — the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
- chunk — Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it.
- wad — a soft, earthy, black to dark-brown mass of manganese oxide minerals.
- tumor — a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
verb lump
- stomach — Anatomy, Zoology. a saclike enlargement of the alimentary canal, as in humans and certain animals, forming an organ for storing, diluting, and digesting food. such an organ or an analogous portion of the alimentary canal when divided into two or more sections or parts. any one of these sections.
- brook — to bear; tolerate
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- abide — to tolerate; put up with
- take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
Antonyms for lump
noun lump
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
verb lump
- refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
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