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lump 1
(lŭmp)n.
1. An irregularly shaped mass or piece.
2. A small cube of sugar.
3. Medicine A swelling or small palpable mass.
4. A collection or totality; an aggregate.
5. A person regarded as ungainly or dull-witted.
6. lumps Informal
a. Severe punishment or treatment, as a beating or an unsparing criticism: take one's lumps.
b. One's just deserts; comeuppance: get one's lumps.
adj.
1. Formed into lumps: lump sugar.
2. Not broken or divided into parts: a lump payment.
v. lumped, lump·ing, lumps
v.tr.
1. To put together in a single group without discrimination.
2. To move with heavy clumsiness.
3. To make into lumps.
v.intr.
Idiom: 1. To become lumpy.
2. To move heavily.
lump in (one's) throat
A feeling of constriction in the throat caused by emotion.
[Middle English lumpe, of Low German origin; akin to obsolete Dutch lompe.]
lump 2
(lŭmp)tr.v. lumped, lump·ing, lumps Informal
To tolerate (what must be endured): like it or lump it.
[Perhaps from dialectal lump, to look sullen.]
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lump
(lʌmp)n
1. a small solid mass without definite shape
2. (Pathology) pathol any small swelling or tumour
3. a collection of things; aggregate
4. informal an awkward, heavy, or stupid person
5. (plural) informal US punishment, defeat, or reverses: he took his lumps.
6. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the lump
a. self-employed workers in the building trade considered collectively, esp with reference to tax and national insurance evasion
b. (as modifier): lump labour.
7. (modifier) in the form of a lump or lumps: lump sugar.
8. a lump in one's throat a tight dry feeling in one's throat, usually caused by great emotion
vb
9. (often foll by: together) to collect into a mass or group
10. (intr) to grow into lumps or become lumpy
11. (tr) to consider as a single group, often without justification
12. (tr) to make or cause lumps in or on
13. (often foll by: along) to move or proceed in a heavy manner
[C13: probably related to early Dutch lompe piece, Scandinavian dialect lump block, Middle High German lumpe rag]
lump
(lʌmp)vb
(tr) informal to tolerate or put up with; endure (in the phrase lump it)
[C16: origin uncertain]
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lump1
(lʌmp)n.
1. a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
2. a protuberance or swelling: a blow that raised a lump on his head.
3. an aggregation, collection, or mass; clump: All the articles were piled in a great lump.
4. a small block of granulated sugar, for sweetening hot coffee, tea, etc.
5. majority; plurality; multitude: The great lump of voters are still undecided.
6. lumps, Informal. harsh criticism, punishment, or defeat.
7. Informal. a heavy, clumsy, and usu. stupid person.
adj. 8. in the form of a lump or lumps: lump sugar.
9. made up of a number of items taken together; not divided: to pay a debt in a lump sum.
v.t. 10. to unite into one aggregation, collection, or mass (often fol. by together): We lumped the reds and blues together.
11. to deal with, consider, etc., in the lump or mass: to lump unrelated matters indiscriminately.
12. to make into a lump or lumps.
13. to raise into or cover with lumps: a plow lumping the moist earth.
v.i. 14. to form a lump or lumps.
15. to move heavily and awkwardly.
Idioms: get or take one's lumps, to receive or endure hardship, punishment, criticism, etc.
[1250–1300; Middle English lumpe, lomp(e); akin to early Dutch lompe piece]
lump′ing•ly, adv.
lump2
(lʌmp)v.t.
Informal. to put up with; resign oneself to; accept and endure: If you don't like it, you can lump it.
[1785–95; Amer.; orig. uncertain]
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Lump
a great quantity; the majority.Examples: lumps of fables, 1875; of figs, 1611; of honey, 1713; of mankind, 1674; of money, 1869; of pain, 1841; of English papists, 1650; of people, 1880; of raisins, 1611; of ships, 1781; of sorrows, 1549; of swearers, 1709.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
lump
Past participle: lumped
Gerund: lumping
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| Noun | 1. |  lump - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass gob - a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm" clew - a ball of yarn or cord or thread |
| 2. |  lump - an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargementspermatocele - a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease enlargement - the state of being enlarged bloat - swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas bunion - a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe dropsy, edema, hydrops, oedema - swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele - swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) intumescence, intumescency - swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) iridoncus - swelling of the iris of the eye lymphogranuloma - swelling of a lymph node oscheocele, oscheocoele - swelling of the scrotum | |
| 3. |  lump - an awkward stupid person clumsy person - a person with poor motor coordination | |
| 4. |  lump - a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal"nodule - (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment) nugget - a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth | |
| Verb | 1. | lump - put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants" |
| 2. | lump - group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side group - arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?" |
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lump
1noun
1. piece, group, ball, spot, block, mass, cake, bunch, cluster, chunk, wedge, dab, hunk, nugget, gob, clod, gobbet a lump of wood
2. swelling, growth, bump, tumour, bulge, hump, protuberance, protrusion, tumescence I've got a lump on my shoulder.
verb
1. group, throw, mass, combine, collect, unite, pool, bunch, consolidate, aggregate, batch, conglomerate, coalesce, agglutinate She felt out of place lumped together with alcoholics and hard-drug users.
lump
2 verblump it put up with it, take it, stand it, bear it, suffer it, hack it (slang), tolerate it, endure it, brook it He was going to kick up a fuss, but he realized he'd have to lump it.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
lump 1
noun1. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size:
Informal: hunk.
3. A small raised area of skin resulting from a light blow or an insect sting, for example:
4. A large, ungainly, and dull-witted person:
Informal: lummox.
5. Informal. Something justly deserved.Used in plural:
comeuppance, desert (often used in plural), due, guerdon, recompense, reward, wage (often used in plural).
Idioms: what is coming to one, what one has coming.
lump 2
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Translations
قُرْص سُكَّركتلةكُتْلَةٌكُتلَه، حَثْرَهورَم
hroudakostkaotokžmolekboule
buleklumplunssukkerknald
möykkypaakkupalapattikasa
hrpa
csomórög
kökkurkúlasetja undir sama hattsykurmoli
塊
덩어리
cukraus gabaliukasdėti neskiriantgumuliuotasgurvolisguzas
cukurgraudsgabalsnešķirotpiepampumsuztūkums
grudakockaoteklina
klump
ก้อน
cục
lump
[lʌmp]A. N [of sugar] → terrón m; [of cheese, earth, clay, ice] → trozo m, pedazo m; (= swelling) → bulto m, hinchazón f; (on surface) → bulto m, protuberancia f; (= person) → zoquete mf
he had a nasty lump on his head → tenía un buen chichón en la cabeza
with a lump in one's throat → con un nudo en la garganta
I get a lump in my throat → se me hace un nudo en la garganta
he had a nasty lump on his head → tenía un buen chichón en la cabeza
with a lump in one's throat → con un nudo en la garganta
I get a lump in my throat → se me hace un nudo en la garganta
lump together VT + ADV [+ things] → amontonar; [+ persons] → agrupar
these problems can't be lumped together under any one heading → estos problemas no pueden agruparse or englobarse bajo el mismo encabezamiento
excellent wine is lumped together with plonk → un vino excelente aparece junto a un vino peleón
these problems can't be lumped together under any one heading → estos problemas no pueden agruparse or englobarse bajo el mismo encabezamiento
excellent wine is lumped together with plonk → un vino excelente aparece junto a un vino peleón
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
lump
[ˈlʌmp] n
(in sauce) → grumeau m
(= swelling, bump) → bosse f
He's got a lump on his forehead → Il a une bosse sur le front.
to have a lump in one's throat (from emotion) → avoir la gorge serrée
He's got a lump on his forehead → Il a une bosse sur le front.
to have a lump in one's throat (from emotion) → avoir la gorge serrée
(= tumour, growth) → grosseur f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
lump
n
(= swelling) → Beule f; (inside the body) → Geschwulst f; (in breast) → Knoten m; (on surface) → Huppel m (inf), → kleine Erhebung; with a lump in one’s throat (fig) → mit einem Kloß im Hals, mit zugeschnürter Kehle; I get a lump in my throat when I hear that song → wenn ich dieses Lied höre, ist mir die Kehle wie zugeschnürt; it brings a lump to my throat → dabei schnürt sich mir die Kehle zu
(inf: = person) → Klotz m, → Trampel m or nt (inf); a big or great fat lump (of a man) → ein Fettkloß m (inf)
you can’t judge them in the lump like that → du kannst sie doch nicht so pauschal beurteilen or nicht alle über einen Kamm scheren; to pay money in a lump (= at once) → auf einmal bezahlen; (= covering different items) → pauschal bezahlen
vt (esp Brit inf: = put up with) to lump it → sich damit abfinden; like it or lump it you’ll have to go to work (inf) → du musst zur Arbeit, ob es dir passt oder nicht; if he doesn’t like it he can lump it → wenns ihm nicht passt, hat er eben Pech gehabt (inf)
vi (sauce, flour) → klumpen
lump
:lump payment
n (at once) → einmalige Bezahlung; (covering different items) → Pauschalbezahlung f
lump sugar
n → Würfelzucker m
lump sum
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
lump
[lʌmp]1. n (gen) → pezzo; (of earth) → zolla; (of sugar) → zolletta; (in sauce) → grumo; (swelling) → gonfiore m; (hard swelling) → nodulo; (bump) → bernoccolo; (person) (fam, pej) → bestione m
with a lump in one's throat (fig) → con un nodo alla gola
with a lump in one's throat (fig) → con un nodo alla gola
2. vt (fam) (endure) if he doesn't like it he can lump it → dovrà mandarla giù, che gli piaccia o no
lump together vt + adv → mettere insieme, riunire
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
lump
(lamp) noun1. a small solid mass of no particular shape. The custard was full of lumps and no-one would eat it.
2. a swelling. She had a lump on her head where she had hit it.
3. a small cube-shaped mass of sugar.
verb (usually with together) to treat or think of as (all) alike.
ˈlumpy adjective containing lumps. lumpy custard.
ˈlumpiness nounlump sum
an amount of money given all at once, not in parts over a period of time.
if you don't like it, you can lump it whether you like the situation or not, you will have to endure it.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
lump
→ كُتْلَةٌ hrouda luns Klumpen σβώλος bulto möykky morceau hrpa blocco 塊 덩어리 klont klump grudka monte, pedaço кусок klump ก้อน iri parça cục 块Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
lump
n. bulto, protuberancia, chichón; [in the throat] nudo en la garganta; [of sugar] terrón de azúcar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
lump
n bulto, nódulo (form), bola, (due to trauma, esp. about the head) chichón m; breast — bulto en la mama or el pecho or el senoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.