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lump
has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ noun ] a compact mass
Examples "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" Used in print (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)They keep their wings and feet pressed tightly against their bodies , and in_spite_of their often colorful attire you may very well mistake them for lumps of dirt . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)From the outside , it seemed no more than a low drumlin , a lump on the dark earth . Related terms |
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[ verb ] put together indiscriminately
Synonyms Examples "lump together all the applicants" Used in print (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)I decided I hated the Pedersen kid too , dying in our kitchen while I was away where I could n't watch , dying just to entertain Hans and making me go_up snapping steps and down a drafty hall , Pa lumped under the covers at the end like dung covered with snow , snoring and whistling . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a large piece of something without definite shape
Synonyms Examples "a hunk of bread" or "a lump of coal" Used in print (Jay Williams, The Forger....)The night we first met , at one of Mrs._Monmouth 's giant parties , he was wearing a brown cashmere jacket with silver buttons and a soft pink Viyella shirt ; instead of a necktie he wore a leather bolo drawn through a golden ring in which was set a lump of pale pure jade . |
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[ noun ] (medicine) abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
Related terms symptom bloat edema haematocele bunion spermatocele intumescence iridoncus tumescence oscheocele swell |
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[ noun ] an awkward stupid person
Used in print (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)It dawns on you that instead of a lump to fill the seat across the bridge table from you , he was a man , and that because Gratt_Shafer was making you miserable , you were passing it down to him , to Gratt_Shafer 's substitute , that other guy . Related terms |
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