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Noun clump has 3 senses
- bunch, clump, cluster, clustering - a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers"
--1 is a kind of agglomeration
--1 has particulars:
- ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
--2 is a kind of agglomeration
--2 has particulars: clot, coagulum; gob; clew
- thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud - a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
--3 is a kind of sound
Verb clump has 4 senses
- clop, clump, clunk, plunk - make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
--1 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- cluster, constellate, flock, clump - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
--2 is one way to meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
Sample sentence:
The crowds clump in the streets
- clump, clomp - walk clumsily
--3 is one way to walk
Sample sentences:
The crowds clump in the streets
The streets clump with crowds
- bunch, bunch up, bundle, cluster, clump - gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"; "The students bunched up at the registration desk"
--4 is one way to form
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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