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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Clump \Clump\, v. t.
To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.
--Blackmore.
Clump \Clump\, v. i.
To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
資料來源 : WordNet®
clump
n 1: a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of
trees"; "a cluster of admirers" [syn: {bunch}, {cluster},
{clustering}]
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}]