slump

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Synonyms: plump, clump, lump, flump, slum, slurp, stump, sump, glump, slums, klump

Antonyms: plump, clump, lump, flump, slum, slurp, stump, sump, glump, slums, klump

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[collapse]] [[heavily]] or [[helplessly]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[decline]] or [[fall off]] in [[activity]] or [[performance]].
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[slouch]] or [[droop]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[lump]]; to throw together messily.
5. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[fall]] or [[sink]] suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc.
6. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill.

Noun

1. A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping [[posture]]; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an [[extended]] period.
2. A [[period]] of [[poor]] [[performance]].
3. A measure of the fluidity of freshly mixed concrete, based on how much the concrete formed in a standard slump cone sags when the cone is removed.
4. {{lb|en|geology}} A form of [[mass wasting]] in which a [[coherent]] mass of loosely consolidated materials or a rock layer moves a short distance down a slope.
5. {{lb|en|geology|loosely}} A crater or depression (an area where the ground [[slump#Verb|slumps]]) which forms as a result of such wasting. {{q|A large crater is colloquially called a {{m|en|megaslump}}.}}
6. {{lb|en|UK|dialect}} A [[boggy]] place.
7. {{lb|en|Scotland}} The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, [[miry]] place.
8. {{lb|en|Scotland}} The [[gross]] [[amount]]; the [[mass]]; the [[lump]].
9. A [[cobbler]]-like [[dessert]] cooked on a [[stove]].

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