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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clump \Clump\ (kl[u^]mp), n. [Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump, klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw klump; perh. akin to L. globus, E. globe. Cf {Club}.] 1. An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance. 2. A cluster; a group a thicket. A clump of shrubby trees. --Hawthorne. 3. The compressed clay of coal strata. --Brande & C. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clump \Clump\, v. t. To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group --Blackmore. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Clump \Clump\, v. i. To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: clump n 1: a thick grouping of similar things "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" [syn: {bunch}, {cluster}] 2: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" [syn: {ball}, {clod}, {glob}, {lump}, {chunk}] 3: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) [syn: {thump}, {thumping}, {clunk}, {thud}] v 1: make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground [syn: {clop}, {clunk}, {plunk}] 2: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer" [syn: {cluster}, {constellate}, {flock}] 3: walk clumsily [syn: {clomp}] 4: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her fingers into a fist"; "The students bunched up at the registration desk" [syn: {bunch}, {bunch up}, {bundle}, {cluster}]
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