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    lump
    [ləmp]
    noun
    lump (noun) · lumps (plural noun)
    1. a compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape:
      "there was a lump of ice floating in the milk"
      • a swelling under the skin, especially one caused by injury or disease:
        "he was unhurt apart from a huge lump on his head"
      • a small cube of sugar.
      • informal
        a heavy, ungainly, or slow-witted person:
        "I wouldn't stand a chance against a big lump like you"
    verb
    lump (verb) · lumps (third person present) · lumped (past tense) · lumped (past participle) · lumping (present participle)
    1. put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars:
      "Hong Kong and Bangkok tend to be lumped together in travel brochures" · "he tends to be lumped in with the crowd of controversial businessmen"
      • (in taxonomy) classify plants or animals in relatively inclusive groups, disregarding minor variations:
        "many arguments are based on one side lumping and the other splitting"
    2. (lump along)
      proceed heavily or awkwardly:
      "I came lumping along behind him"
    Origin
    Middle English: perhaps from a Germanic base meaning ‘shapeless piece’; compare with Danish lump ‘lump’, Norwegian and Swedish dialect lump ‘block, log’, and Dutch lomp ‘rag’.
    lump
    [ləmp]
    verb
    informal
    (lump it)
    lump (verb) · lumps (third person present) · lumped (past tense) · lumped (past participle) · lumping (present participle)
    1. accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not:
      "you can like it or lump it but I've got to work"
    Origin
    late 16th century (in the sense ‘look sulky’): symbolic of displeasure; compare with words such as dump and grump. The current sense dates from the early 19th century.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    noun
    1. a compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape:
      chunk
      wedge
      hunk
      piece
      mass
      block
      slab
      cake
      nugget
      ball
      brick
      cube
      dab
      pat
      knob
      clod
      dollop
      wad
      clump
      cluster
      mound
      concentration
      bit
      segment
      portion
      gobbet
      gob
      glob
    verb
    1. put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars:
      combine
      put
      group
      bunch
      aggregate
      unite
      pool
      mix
      blend
      merge
      mass
      join
      fuse
      conglomerate
      coalesce
      consolidate
      collect
      throw
      consider together
      verb
      1. accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not:
        take it
        put up with it
        bear it
        endure it
        tolerate it
        suffer it
        accept it
        make allowances for it
        abide it
        brook it
        weather it
        countenance it
        thole it
        stick it
        stomach it
        stand it
        swallow it
        hack it
        wear it
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