lump

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. Something that [[protrudes]], sticks out, or sticks together; a [[cluster]] or [[blob]]; a [[mound]] or [[mass]] of no particular [[shape]].
2. A [[swelling]] or [[nodule]] of [[tissue]] under the [[skin]] or in an [[internal]] part of the [[body]].
3. A [[group]], [[set]], or [[unit]].
4. A small, shaped mass of [[sugar]], typically about a [[teaspoonful]].
5. A [[dull]] or [[lazy]] [[person]].
6. A [[fat]] person.
7. {{lb|en|informal|as plural}} A [[beating]] or [[verbal]] [[abuse]].
8. A [[projection]] beneath the [[breech]] end of a [[gun]] [[barrel]].
9. A kind of [[fish]], the [[lumpsucker]].
10. {{lb|en|obsolete|slang}} [[food|Food]] given to a [[tramp]] to be eaten [[on the road]].
11. {{lb|en|obsolete|slang}} The [[workhouse]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[treat]] as a [[single]] [[unit]]; to [[group]] [[together]] in a [[casual]] or [[chaotic]] manner (as if forming an [[ill-defined]] [[#Noun|lump]] of the items).
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[bear]] (a [[heavy]] or [[awkward]] [[burden]]); to [[carry]] (something [[unwieldy]]) from one place to another.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[burden]] (someone) with an [[undesired]] [[task]] or [[responsibility]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[hit]] or [[strike]] (a person).
5. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[form]] a [[#Noun|lump]] or lumps.

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