clump
clump
kləmp
klēmp
/klˈʌmp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "clump"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϗ⧁āĻšā§āĻ›, āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ

a grouping of a number of similar things
clump definition and meaning
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϘāύ āĻ—ā§‹āĻˇā§āĻ ā§€, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϟ āĻ­āϰ

a tightly packed or clustered group or mass
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A clump of trees provided shade by the lake.
āĻšā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āĻšā§āĻ› āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āφāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϜ, āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āφāϘāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
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āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to bring or gather things or individuals together into a closely packed group or cluster
Transitive: to clump a group or cluster
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The shepherd 's dog skillfully clumped the scattered sheep, guiding them into a unified flock.
āĻŽā§‡āώāĻĒāĻžāϞāϕ⧇āϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϭ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϐāĻ•ā§āϝāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻĒāĻžāϞ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻž, āĻ…āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āϚāϞāĻž

to move with heavy or awkward steps, often in a manner that lacks grace or coordination
Intransitive: to clump somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With his injured leg, he had to clump slowly down the stairs, careful not to put too much weight on it.
āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻšāϤ āĻĒāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŋāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇ āύāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻ“āϜāύ āύāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to gather or form a group closely packed together
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the park, families and friends would clump around picnic tables during weekends.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰāĻž āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āύāĻŋāĻ• āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻšāϤāĨ¤
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