lump Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a compact mass
    clod; ball; glob; clump; chunk.
    • a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
  2. noun an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
    swelling; puffiness.
  3. noun an awkward stupid person
    clod; oaf; goon; lout; lummox; stumblebum; gawk; lubber.
  4. noun a large piece of something without definite shape
    hunk.
    • a hunk of bread
    • a lump of coal
  5. verb put together indiscriminately
    chunk.
    • lump together all the applicants
  6. verb group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
    chunk; collocate.

WordNet

Lump noun
Etymology
Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. Lunch.
Definitions
  1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. " A lump of cheese." Piers Plowman. " This lump of clay." Shak.
  2. A mass or aggregation of things.
  3. (Firearms) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
Lump intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Lumped ; present participle & verbal noun Lumping
Definitions
  1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.
    The expenses ought to be lumped together. Ayliffe.
  2. To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
    Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but out of no resentment you, I lump all together. Sterne.
  3. To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it. Law lump together. v. combine (various items) and treat them as a unit. lumpenproletariat

Webster 1913