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as in chunk
a small uneven mass
she dumped a lump of clay on the table and started to sculpt
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as in tumor
an abnormal mass of tissue
advised by her doctor to examine her breasts regularly for unusual lumps
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as in defeat
failure to win a contest
you can't win all the time, so learn to take your lumps in stride
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as in idiot
a stupid person
gazed disgustedly at the lump her daughter had married
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as in hulk
a big clumsy often slow-witted person
standing next to those ballet dancers, with their graceful way of moving, I felt like a lump
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as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
when we lumped all of our pocket change together, we found that we had just enough a buy a carton of ice cream
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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
while I was on crutches, I was lumping about the house like an elephant
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Recent Examples of lump
Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Add the water and 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil and stir -- with a spatula, bowl scraper, dough whisk or your hands -- until the mixture is thoroughly combined and homogeneous; there should be no dry patches or lumps.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Jane Hong / Made By History, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
His case will likely be lumped with others, like Hernández, for a more philosophical debate about what a Hall of Fame starting pitcher looks like.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
Under the wages provision in the new contract, a firefighter who has been on the force for five years, earning $57,900, would get a 5 percent lump sum payment of $2,895.
—Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 24 Jan. 2020
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Noun
But the home on the other side — and the one next to it, and the one next to that and the one next to that one — are all gone, with little more than brick chimneys or the torched lump of metal from what used to be a car left behind.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Add the water and 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil and stir -- with a spatula, bowl scraper, dough whisk or your hands -- until the mixture is thoroughly combined and homogeneous; there should be no dry patches or lumps.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
Yet while some saw it as preferable to the old system, the term Hispanic still lumped together very different populations.
—Jane Hong / Made By History, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
His case will likely be lumped with others, like Hernández, for a more philosophical debate about what a Hall of Fame starting pitcher looks like.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
States under the total lump sum block-grant model would be required to keep health service spending at a level of at least 80% of the target.
—Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
Under the wages provision in the new contract, a firefighter who has been on the force for five years, earning $57,900, would get a 5 percent lump sum payment of $2,895.
—Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 24 Jan. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lump
Noun
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Japan — where auto exports make up the largest chunk of outbound shipments and the US is the largest market — has already raised the issue with the White House.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Before the never-bored world of smartphones, that made up a big chunk of my time in N.Y.C. — Frank Vigorito Torres WINTER’S TALE, by Mark Helprin.—
Juliana Barbassa,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There wasn’t that much pain, and the swelling was minor.—
Hailey Salvian,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Ice: Apply ice for the first 48 hours for 10–20 minutes at a time to reduce swelling and pain.—
Christopher Bergland,
Verywell Health,
4 Feb. 2025
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The participants first had their tumors removed sometime between 2019 and 2021.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Thankfully, his treatment has gone according to plan and his tumor has shrunk for the procedure.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2025
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Clement described Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to St Mirren as the worst performance of his tenure and fan sentiment has soured in recent weeks.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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New York’s season-worst 142-105 defeat at the hands of the East-leading Cleveland Cavaliers was more than just a bad night.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2025
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The hulk of metal moved silently through space, high above the blue Earth.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Having boy hulk Matthew Knies at the net front, to retrieve pucks and be a pain for the defence, is one positive step that’s been working.—
James Mirtle,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Founded in 1955, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum collects, preserves and exhibits a collection of Western art and artifacts while sponsoring educational programs to stimulate interest in the legacy of the American West.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
26 Feb. 2025
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Sometimes that number expands to several, and in special cases, the late rocker even manages to collect a hit single.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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The plan involved shuffling around existing crew assignments to free up two of the four seats on a SpaceX capsule that launched in late September, so that Wilmore and Williams could occupy the seats on the return trip.—
Denise Chow,
NBC News,
20 Feb. 2025
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For all of the conversation late last year analyzing how quickly Sporting KC might be able to shuffle the chairs — or even Vermes praising the way his team played Wednesday — a swap at striker, a swap in the mentality at striker, transcends everything else.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2025
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While the total number of positions eliminated remains unclear as of Sunday afternoon, the firings appeared to focus on employees in the agency's centers for food, medical devices and tobacco products.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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As the camera panned to the audience during the song, the Yellowstone alum, 70, could be seen clutching the sides of his head, seemingly in total awe of the 78-year-old music legend.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Lump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lump. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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