1
: a group of things clustered together
a clump of bushes
2
: a compact mass
3
: a heavy tramping sound
clumped; clumping; clumps
: to arrange in or cause to form clumps
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Examples of clump in a Sentence
Noun
There is a clump of bushes at the edge of the field.
I could hear the clump of his footsteps as he came down the stairs.
Verb
The virus clumps the cells together.
a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots
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Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
As the cell’s clean-up crew attempts to remove the clumps, a leading theory suggests that the abnormal tau induces phosphorylation in additional proteins leading to a cascade of neurodegeneration.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
But, alas, there were no undies—just a very clumped up, misshapen pad squished within my sports bra.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 18 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Microwave it in 20-second increments and break up the clumps with a fork.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
As the cell’s clean-up crew attempts to remove the clumps, a leading theory suggests that the abnormal tau induces phosphorylation in additional proteins leading to a cascade of neurodegeneration.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
How to make brown sugar not hard Brown sugar can clump and get hard as the molasses naturally evaporates.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
But, alas, there were no undies—just a very clumped up, misshapen pad squished within my sports bra.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Clump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clump. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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Medical Definition
clump
1 of 2 noun
: a clustered mass of particles (as bacteria or blood cells) compare agglutination
clump
2 of 2 intransitive verb
: to form clumps
: to arrange in or cause to form clumps
the serum clumps the bacteria
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