lump
/lʌmp/ verb C2- To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items). · People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.
- To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
- To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
- To hit or strike (a person).
- To form a lump or lumps.
He/she/it lumps · Past lumped · Past participle lumped · -ing form lumping
Verb forms
- Base form
- lump
- He/she/it
- lumps
- Past
- lumped
- Past participle
- lumped
- -ing form
- lumping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Yes, this self, of whom I thought so much, of whom I was so proud, who had appeared so worthless in the dungeons of the Château d’If, and whom I had succeeded in making so great, will be but a lump of clay tomorrow.
When you try to eat a lump comes right up in your throat and you can’t swallow anything, not even if it was a chocolate caramel.
She felt a lump coming up in her throat and her eyes smarted painfully.
A lump came into her throat, and she hastily retired behind the pages of her uplifted Latin grammar to hide the tears in her eyes.
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