Category:Clump

Clump, n. Etym: [Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump, klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw. kllimp; 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.

Defn: To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group. Blackmore.

clump Clump, v. i.

Defn: To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.