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clump
English
Etymology
From Middle English clompe, from Old English clymppe, a variant of clympre (“a lump or mass of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glemb?- (“lump, clamp”).Alternatively, possibly from Middle Dutch clompe or Middle Low German klumpe (compare German Klumpen). Cognates include Danish klump (probably from Low German as well). Compare Norwegian Bokmål klump.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
clump (plural clumps)
- A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
- A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
- 1954, Lucian Hobart Ryland (translator), Adelaide of Brunswick (originally by Marquis de Sade)
- clump of trees
- 1954, Lucian Hobart Ryland (translator), Adelaide of Brunswick (originally by Marquis de Sade)
- A dull thud.
- The compressed clay of coal strata.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Brande & C to this entry?)
- A small group of trees or plants.
- (historical) A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
Derived terms
- clumpy
Translations
- to be checked
Verb
clump (third-person singular simple present clumps, present participle clumping, simple past and past participle clumped)
- (transitive, intransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
- (transitive, intransitive) To gather in dense groups.
- (intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.
- (transitive, Britain, regional) To strike; to beat.
- 1912, Mrs. Coulson Kernahan, The Go-Between (page 79)
- There is his poor little cap hanging up on the door; and there on the table is the knife he chipped a piece out of through not minding the mark on the knife machine, and I clumped his head for him, poor lamb!
- 1912, Mrs. Coulson Kernahan, The Go-Between (page 79)
Derived terms
- clump up
Translations
References
Further reading
- Clump in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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clum
English
Alternative forms
- clumme
Etymology
From Middle English clum, clom (“silence”), perhaps for *clomen (“stiff, numb”), past participle of *cleomen (“to be stiff”); compare Middle English acleomen (“to be stiff”), related to Middle English clumsen, clomsen (“to be stiff, be numb”), Dutch kleumen (“to be stiff from cold”); or perhaps representing Old English clom, clam, clamm (“band, bond, fetter, chain, grip, grasp”). Compare also Old English clumian (“to mutter”). More at clam.
Noun
clum (plural clums)
- (obsolete) Silence.
Interjection
clum
- (obsolete) Silence; hush
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Adjective
clum (comparative more clum, superlative most clum)
- (obsolete) Silent; glum.
Anagrams
- Culm, MCLU, culm
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