āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
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āĻā§āĻā§āĻ, āϏā§āϤā§āĻĒ
a grouping of a number of similar things
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āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāύ āĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāϰ
a tightly packed or clustered group or mass
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A clump of trees provided shade by the lake.
āĻšā§āϰāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
to clump
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āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻāϤā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to bring or gather things or individuals together into a closely packed group or cluster
Transitive: to clump a group or cluster
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shepherd 's dog skillfully clumped the scattered sheep, guiding them into a unified flock.
āĻŽā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻā§āϰ āĻā§āĻā§āϰāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāϤā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āϝāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧠āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĒāĻĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āĻ āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ⧠āĻāϞāĻž
to move with heavy or awkward steps, often in a manner that lacks grace or coordination
Intransitive: to clump somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With his injured leg, he had to clump slowly down the stairs, careful not to put too much weight on it.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻšāϤ āĻĒāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§, āϤāĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĒāĻĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§ āύāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϏāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āϝāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻāύ āύāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻāϤā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to gather or form a group closely packed together
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the park, families and friends would clump around picnic tables during weekends.
āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϰāĻž āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāύā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻšāϤāĨ¤



























