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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cluster; a group; a thicket. [ 1913 Webster ]

A clump of shrubby trees. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The compressed clay of coal strata. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To tread clumsily; to clamp. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. G. klümpern to clod. See Clump, n. ] To form into clumps or masses. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Vapors . . . clumpered in balls of clouds. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two “clumps” or groups, the “clump” which guesses the word winning the game. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Clump, n. ] Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless. Leigh Hunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Glum. ] To manifest sullenness; to sulk. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Glum; sullen; sulky. [ Colloq. ] “He was glumpy enough.” T. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OD. lompe piece, mass. Cf. Lunch. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mass or aggregation of things. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Firearms) A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the lump,
In a lump, the whole together; in gross. [ 1913 Webster ] They may buy them in the lump. Addison. --
Lump coal, coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought from the mine. --
Lump sum, (a) a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages. (b) a single sum paid once in satisfaction of a claim, as contrasted with the alternate choice of several payments over a period of time; -- sometimes allowed, e.g., as an alternative to periodical pension payments for a lifetime. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Lumped p. pr. & vb. n. Lumping. ] 1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars. [ 1913 Webster ]

The expenses ought to be lumped together. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take in the gross; to speak of collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but out of no resentment to you, I lump all together. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he doesn't like it, he can lump it. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) the removal of a cyst or tumor from the breast by surgery. This is one method of treating breast tumors when in an early stage, and is preferred for cosmetic reasons, when medically feasible, to radical mastectomy, the removal of the entire breast along with nearby muscles. [ PJC ]

n. 1. (Politics) same as lumpenproletariat. [ PJC ]

2. (Zool.) The European eelpout; -- called also lumper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. mentally sluggish.
Syn. -- lumpish, sluggish, unthinking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Politics) the lowest level of the proletariat, comprising unskilled workers, the unemployed, and the dispossessed, alienated from the class with with they would normally identify and having little or no class solidarity; -- an important element in Marxist theory. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. Lamper eel. ] (Zool.) The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who lumps. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Lump, on account of its bulkiness: cf. G. & D. lump, F. lompe. ] (Zool.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bulky; heavy. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless. “ Lumpish, heavy, melancholy.” Shak.

-- Lump"ish*ly, adv. -- Lump"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The lumpfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To combine (various items) and treat them as a unit. See lump, v. i. [ PJC ]

a. [ Compar. Lumpier superl. Lumpiest. ] Full of lumps, or small compact masses; as, a lumpy bed; a lumpy batch of dough. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Med.) Actinomycosis. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Compar. Plumper superl. Plumpest. ] [ OE. plomp rude, clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of imitative origin. Cf. Plump, adv. ] 1. Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. T. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation; blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.

After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake with Thomas. Saintsbury. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To visit islands and the plumps of men. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa, Dan. plumpe. See Plump, a. ] 1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.“Dulcissa plumps into a chair.” Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Plumped p. pr. & vb. n. Plumping. ] 1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. Plump, a. & v. ] Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. “Fall plump.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (English Elections) A vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus giving him the advantage over the others. A person who gives his vote thus is said to plump, or to plump his vote. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A voter who plumps his vote. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A downright, unqualified lie. [ Colloq. or Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being plump. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Plump; fat; sleek. “Plumpy Bacchus.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. slomp a mass, heap, Dan. slump a quantity, and E. slump, v.t. ] The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Lump; also Sw. slumpa to bargain for the lump. ] To lump; to throw into a mess. [ 1913 Webster ]

These different groups . . . are exclusively slumped together under that sense. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Slumped p. pr. & vb. n. Slumping. ] [ Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp. ] 1. To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person. [ 1913 Webster ]

The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as, the stock slumped ten points. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A boggy place. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A falling or declining, esp. suddenly and markedly; a falling off; as, a slump in trade, in stock market prices, in a batter's average, etc. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. Easily broken through; boggy; marshy; swampy. [ Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]