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, adjectiveWords nearby clump
clued-up,
clueless,
cluj,
cluj-napoca,
clumber spaniel,
clump,
clumping,
clumsy,
clunes,
clung,
cluniac
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British Dictionary definitions for clump
clump
/ (klʌmp) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of clump
clumpy, adjective clumpiness, nounWord Origin for clump
Old English
clympe; related to Middle Dutch
klampe heap of hay, Middle Low German
klampe
clamp ², Swedish
klimp small lump