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lump

ləmp
WordNet
The lump of concretion has abutted wood and therefore shows the structure of wood. Concretion.
The lump of concretion has abutted wood and therefore shows the structure of wood. Concretion.
  1. (v) lump
    group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
  2. (v) lump
    put together indiscriminately "lump together all the applicants"
  3. (n) lump
    a compact mass "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
  4. (n) lump
    a large piece of something without definite shape "a hunk of bread","a lump of coal"
  5. (n) lump
    an awkward stupid person
  6. (n) lump
    an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
Illustrations
Parts of artefacts; eroded fragments: materials; lump, straight, tapering with rectangular hollow core.
Parts of artefacts; eroded fragments: materials; lump, straight, tapering with rectangular hollow core.
Parts of artefacts; eroded fragments: materials; lump, containing imprint of engraving, sim. tobacco box 80H339.
Parts of artefacts; eroded fragments: materials; lump, containing imprint of engraving, sim. tobacco box 80H339.
Pear-shaped stoneware vase with a lump in the neck just below the rim, covered with a crackled gray and flambé purple glaze. Starting on the shoulder and continuing over the neck, a winding, appliqué chilong (polled dragon). Shiwan.
Pear-shaped vase with a modeled dragon
Stony lump of residual waste from the combustion of coal. One piece. Slug.
Stony lump of residual waste from the combustion of coal. One piece. Slug.
Stony lump of residual waste from the combustion of coal. Five pieces. Slug.
Stony lump of residual waste from the combustion of coal. Five pieces. Slug.
Lump of clayey seabed peat with three crumbled fragments or remnants of peat carried on board. The color is silver gray.
Lump of clayey seabed peat with three crumbled fragments or remnants of peat carried on board. The color is silver gray.
Parts of artefacts; eroded fragments: materials; lumps, containing pins, fragm of wood.
Parts of artefacts; eroded fragments: materials; lumps, containing pins, fragm of wood.
Stony lump of residual waste from the combustion of coal. Two pieces. Slug.
Stony lump of residual waste from the combustion of coal. Two pieces. Slug.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The "last meal" for Death Row inmates has became embedded in the American death-penalty ritual. Reporters have dutifully recorded the last meal menus: John Wayne Gacy had fried chicken and strawberries; Ted Bundy passed on steak and eggs; James Smith, executed in Texas in 1990, requested a "lump of dirt" (request was denied); Missouri inmate Lloyd Schlup asked for venison and hare (request was granted).
  1. Lump
    A mass or aggregation of things.
  2. Lump
    (Firearms) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
  3. Lump
    To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he doesn't like it, he can lump it.
  4. Lump
    To take in the gross; to speak of collectively. "Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but out of no resentment to you, I lump all together."
  5. Lump
    To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars. "The expenses ought to be lumped together."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
  1. (n) lump
    A small mass; a relatively small aggregation or conglomeration of solid matter without regular form: as, a lump of ore, clay, or dough; to melt a number of coins into one lump.
  2. (n) lump
    A protuberant part; a knob, bunch, or swelling: as, a lump raised on the head by a blow.
  3. (n) lump
    A blow.
  4. (n) lump
    A dull, stolid person.
  5. (n) lump
    In firearms
  6. (n) lump
    The nipple-seat on the barrel.
  7. (n) lump
    In a break-joint breech-loader, an iron block on the barrel which descends into a recess in the action.
  8. (n) lump
    A bloom or loupe of malleable iron.
  9. lump
    To make into a mass; combine in a body or gross sum without distinction of particulars.
  10. lump
    To take in the lump, or collectively in the gross; consider or dispose of in the gross.
  11. lump
    To beat severely.
  12. lump
    To act as a lumper; be employed in loading or unloading ships, as a stevedore.
  13. (n) lump
    The lump-fish.
  14. lump
    To look sullen or glum; sulk.
  15. lump
    To take without choice; take “anyhow”: a word in itself of no definite signification, used in the expression “if you don't like it, you may lump it.”
  16. (n) lump
    In mining, a coarse fragment of ore, coal, phosphate rock, or any useful mineral, as contrasted with the fines, spalls, or otherwise designated smaller pieces.
  17. lump
    Noting the coarser grade of bituminous coal which is picked out as it comes from the mine.
  18. lump
    To appear larger by aggregation; bulk: as, he lumped large in public imagination.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Lump
    lump a small shapeless mass: a protuberance: swelling: the whole together: the gross
  2. (v.t) Lump
    to throw into a confused mass: to take in the gross
Quotations
Pablo Picasso
Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar.
Pablo Picasso
Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it, said the Philosopher.
James Stephens
Robert Frost
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.
Robert Frost
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Cf. OD. lompe, piece, mass. Cf. Lunch

Usage in the news

Rebels coach lumps self into group of people who need to increase toughness. lasvegassun.com

The Presidents Of The United States Of America "Lump". 1063thebuzz.com

"I kept bleeding heavy black lumps, and the pain was unbearable, I thought I had a tumor," the 32-year-old Uzbek said. taipeitimes.com

Equifax Inc, Atlanta, announced on Monday it will offer a lump-sum payout or reduced monthly annuity to about 3,500 former employees vested in its US defined benefit pension plan. pionline.com

Women rely on mammograms to spot early signs of breast cancer before they can feel a lump. krcg.com

IBM's shift to lump-sum 401(k) match blazes trail. dispatch.com

IBM move to annual lump-sum 401(k) matching contributions could be sign of things to come. ashingtonpost.com

How does it feel when a team has taken its lumps for three years, worked tirelessly to correct its mistakes and get better, plays its way back into a big late-season game -- and wins. the-daily-record.com

No lump of coal here. futuresmag.com

How to avoid a lump of coal. cbsnews.com

City Administrator Fred Russell said he'll present commissioners with a balanced 2013 budget that adds a dozen city jobs, gives city employees a lump-sum raise and won't require a property tax increase. chronicle.augusta.com

I'm not going to box myself into a corner and get lumped into what my opponent's trying to do, which is to demonize me by associating me with somebody who they think is going to be a poli... sj-r.com

What to do if you find a lump or thickening. saw.com

A Lump of Coal for Toy Makers. valleyadvocate.com

How to avoid a lump of coal . cbsnews.com

Usage in scientific papers

It consists of linear combinations of elements of S such that if we lump the terms according to supports, the coefficient sum of each lump is zero.
Semigroups, rings, and Markov chains

Q′ , Q′ rules from ∆ with identical left hand side will then be lumped together into one set; this set (which is a single state in the new automaton) will be assigned to the corresponding deterministic rule in ∆′ .
Using Tree Automata and Regular Expressions to Manipulate Hierarchically Structured Data

We have lumped these aspects in a “dimensionality” parameter d, which indeed has surprising effects on the finite size behavior.
Reptation in the Rubinstein-Duke model: the influence of end-reptons dynamics

The second step will be to show that “lumping” states of this chain recovers our original chain MC(S th,f , P ).
Juggling probabilities

By analyzing this lumping process carefully, it will be clear how to obtain the result of Theorem 5 from our knowledge of the vector β .
Juggling probabilities

Usage in literature

The breathing will become more rapid and the lump between the jaws will get larger. "The Veterinarian" by Chas. J. Korinek

Alfred mechanically swallowed the lump, the doctor handing him the water to take the taste out of his mouth. "Watch Yourself Go By" by Al. G. Field

She swallowed the lump in her throat before she could speak. "The Secret of the Storm Country" by Grace Miller White

I opened it and took out an irregular lump of sparkling sugar. "The Promised Land" by Mary Antin

So now he was handin' over the job to us, all in a lump. "Shorty McCabe on the Job" by Sewell Ford

I see your shadow just as you were going to throw down that there lump o' paper. "The Lost Middy" by George Manville Fenn

I asked him if his teacher had not told him he had lumps back of his nose and could not breathe right. "Civics and Health" by William H. Allen

After being then brought to the boil, it should be removed immediately, and the lump of meat removed. "Papers on Health" by John Kirk

Despite his resolute purpose the poor man sat down on a lump of ice, buried his face in his hands, and meditated. "The Walrus Hunters" by R.M. Ballantyne

She'th a little lump o' talent, that gal, if you only realithed it; a perfect little lump o' talent. "The 'Mind the Paint' Girl" by Arthur Pinero

Usage in poetry
"Observe his various bumps,
His head as I uncover it:
His morals lie in lumps
All round about and over it."
And then, alas! what sad non plus
The living hippopotamus!
’Twas but a stupid, sodden lump
As thrilling as an old elm stump.
A Lump of wo affliction is,
Yet thence I borrow lumps of bliss:
Though few can see a blessing in't,
It is my furnace and my mint.
Before that sinne turn'd flesh to stone,
And all our lump to heaven;
A fervent sigh might well have blown
Our innocent earth to heaven.
It's real Yorkshire pudden that gives me my dreams
Of a real Paradise up above,
Where at the last trump I'll queue up for a lump
Of the real Yorkshire pudden I love!
But sinne hath fool'd him. Now he is A lump of flesh, without a foot or wing
To raise him to the glimpse of blisse:
A sick toss'd vessel, dashing on each thing;
Nay, on his shelf:
My God, I mean myself.