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lump
English
Etymology
From Middle English lumpe. Compare Dutch lomp (“rag”), German Low German Lump (“rag”), German Lumpen (“rag”) and Lump (“ragamuffin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
lump (plural lumps)
- Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
- Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.
- a lump of coal; a lump of clay; a lump of cheese
- A group, set, or unit.
- The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
- A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
- Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
- A dull or lazy person.
- Don't just sit there like a lump.
- (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
- He's taken his lumps over the years.
- A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
- A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
- (obsolete, slang) Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.
- 1923, Arthur Preston Hankins, Cole of Spyglass Mountain, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Chapter 12,[1]
- “A lump,” explained The Whimperer […] “is wot a kin’ lady slips youse w’en youse batter de back door. If she invites youse in and lets youse t’row yer feet unner de table, it’s a set-down. If she slips youse a lunch in a poiper bag, it’s a lump. See? […] ”
- 1923, Arthur Preston Hankins, Cole of Spyglass Mountain, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Chapter 12,[1]
Hyponyms
- nubble
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
lump (third-person singular simple present lumps, present participle lumping, simple past and past participle lumped)
- (transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
- (transitive) To bear a heavy or awkward burden; to carry something unwieldy from one place to another.
- 1876, Belgravia (volume 30, page 131)
- Well, a male body was brought to a certain surgeon by a man he had often employed, and the pair lumped it down on the dissecting table, and then the vendor received his money and went.
- 1876, Belgravia (volume 30, page 131)
- (transitive, slang) To hit or strike (a person).
- 1962, Floyd Patterson, Victory Over Myself (page 63)
- If that's the only way you can fight, then you'd better be prepared to get lumped.
- 1962, Floyd Patterson, Victory Over Myself (page 63)
Derived terms
- lump together
Translations
See also
- take one’s lumps
- lump it
- like it or lump it
Further reading
- lump in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- lump in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Plum, plum
Czech
Etymology
From German Lump.
Noun
lump m
- scoundrel, rascal
Synonyms
- See also darebák
Related terms
- ni?emný
Further reading
- lump in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- lump in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
From English lumpfish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lœ?p/
Noun
lump m (plural lumps)
- lumpfish
References
- “lump” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Etymology
From German Lump.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lump]
- Hyphenation: lump
- Rhymes: -ump
Adjective
lump (comparative lumpabb, superlative leglumpabb)
- rakish, dissolute, debauched (regularly engaging in late night drunken social gatherings)
- Synonyms: korhely, mulatós, kicsapongó, italos, részeges
Declension
Derived terms
- lumpol
Noun
lump (plural lumpok)
- (colloquial, derogatory, chiefly of a man) rascal, carouser, roisterer, raver, drunkard (a person who regularly attends late night drunken social gatherings)
Declension
References
Further reading
- lump in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Polish
Etymology
From German Lump.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lump/
Noun
lump m pers
- (colloquial, derogatory) ne'er-do-well
Declension
Noun
lump m inan
- (Pozna?) clothing
- (colloquial) Clipping of lumpeks.
Further reading
- lump in Polish dictionaries at PWN
lump From the web:
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conduct
English
Etymology
From Late Latin conductus (“defense, escort”), from Latin conductus, perfect passive participle of cond?c? (“bring together”); see also conduce. Doublet of conduit.
Pronunciation
- (noun)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?nd?kt/
- (US) enPR: k?n'd?kt, IPA(key): /?k?nd?kt/
- (verb)
- enPR: k?nd?kt', IPA(key): /k?n?d?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
conduct (countable and uncountable, plural conducts)
- The act or method of controlling or directing
- 1785, William Paley, The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
- There are other restrictions imposed upon the conduct of war, not by the law of nature primarily, but by the laws of war first, and by the law of nature as seconding and ratifying the laws of war.
- 1843, Henry Brougham, Political Philosophy
- the conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs, its policy, and its laws, are for more uncertain
- 1785, William Paley, The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy
- Skillful guidance or management; leadership
- 1722 (first printed) Edmund Waller, Poems, &c. written upon several occasions, and to several persons
- Conduct of armies is a prince's art.
- 1769, William Robertson, The history of the reign of Emperor Charles V
- […] attacked the Spaniards […] with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed.
- 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge Chapter 49
- At the head of that division which had Westminster Bridge for its approach to the scene of action, Lord George Gordon took his post; with Gashford at his right hand, and sundry ruffians, of most unpromising appearance, forming a kind of staff about him. The conduct of a second party, whose route lay by Blackfriars, was entrusted to a committee of management
- 1722 (first printed) Edmund Waller, Poems, &c. written upon several occasions, and to several persons
- behaviour; the manner of behaving
- Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished.
- 1840, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pathfinder
- when she came to recall the affectionate and natural manner of the young Indian girl, and all the evidences of good faith and sincerity she had seen in her conduct during the familiar intercourse of their journey, she rejected the idea with the unwillingness of a generous disposition to believe ill of others
- 1848, Thomas Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II
- All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury.
- 1711, John Dryden, Tenth Satire (translation from Latin of Juvenal)
- What in the conduct of our life appears / So well designed, so luckily begun, / But when we have our wish, we wish undone?
- (of a literary work) plot; storyline
- c. 1800, Thomas Macaulay, Essays, critical and miscellaneous
- The book of Job, indeed, in conduct and diction, bears a considerable resemblance to some of his dramas.
- c. 1800, Thomas Macaulay, Essays, critical and miscellaneous
- (obsolete) convoy; escort; person who accompanies another
- 1599, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour
- I will be your conduct.
- 1599, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humour
- (archaic) Something which carries or conveys anything; a channel; an instrument.
Synonyms
- (act or method of controlling or directing): control, guidance, management
- (manner of guiding or carrying oneself): bearing, behavior/behaviour, deportment, demeanor/demeanour,
- (plot of a literary work): action, plot, storyline
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
conduct (third-person singular simple present conducts, present participle conducting, simple past and past participle conducted)
- (archaic, transitive) To lead, or guide; to escort.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus
- I can conduct you, lady, to a low / But loyal cottage, where you may be safe.
- 1634, John Milton, Comus
- (transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
- The commander conducted thousands of troops.
- to conduct the affairs of a kingdom
- 1856-1858, William Hickling Prescott, History of the Reign of Phillip II
- the Turks, however efficient they may have been in field operations, had little skill as engineers, and no acquaintance with the true principles of conducting a siege
- (transitive) (reflexively to conduct oneself) To behave.
- He conducted himself well.
- (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
- 1975, Clive M. Countryman, Heat-Its Role in Wildland Fire Part 2
- Water and many other liquids do not conduct heat well. Wildland fuels in general, wood, and wood products conduct heat slowly, and so do soil and rocks.
- 1975, Clive M. Countryman, Heat-Its Role in Wildland Fire Part 2
- (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- 2006, Michael R. Waters with Mark Long and William Dickens, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne
- For a while, Walter Pohlmann, a well-known German conductor, conducted the orchestra in Compound 3. Later, Willi Mets, who had conducted the world-renowned Leipzig Symphony Orchestra, conducted the Compound 3 orchestra.
- 2006, Michael R. Waters with Mark Long and William Dickens, Lone Star Stalag: German Prisoners of War at Camp Hearne
- (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
- (transitive) To carry out (something organized)
Synonyms
- (lead or guide): accompany, escort, guide, lead, steer, belead
- (direct): direct, lead, manage, oversee, run, supervise, belead
- (reflexively: to behave): act, behave, carry on
- (to serve as a medium for conveying): carry, convey, transmit
Derived terms
Translations
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