clump

[ kluhmp ]
/ klʌmp /

noun

verb (used without object)

Also clomp. to walk heavily and clumsily.
Immunology. to gather or be gathered into clumps; agglutinate.

verb (used with object)

to gather or form into a clump; mass.

Origin of clump

1580–90; akin to Dutch klompe lump, mass, Old English clympre lump of metal

OTHER WORDS FROM clump

clump·y, clump·ish, clump·like, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for clump

clump
/ (klʌmp) /

noun

verb

Derived forms of clump

clumpy, adjective clumpiness, noun

Word Origin for clump

Old English clympe; related to Middle Dutch klampe heap of hay, Middle Low German klampe clamp ², Swedish klimp small lump