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# clump

«clump» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small group of plants or trees growing close together:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a clump, clumps); verb (clump, clumps, clumped, clumping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A clump is a small group of plants or trees growing close together: «a clump of daisies». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/#m1)

2) A clump is a lump or mass of something stuck together: «a clump of hair», «clumps of mud». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/#m2)

3) To clump, or clump together, means to stick together in lumps or gather in a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/#m3)

4) To clump means to walk with slow, heavy, noisy steps: «He clumped up the stairs in his boots». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons, plants like grasses and bulbs grow in clumps; in cooking, flour can clump if you don't stir. In stories, «clumping» footsteps tell you someone heavy or tired is walking. Phrases: «a clump of trees», «clump together», «clumping footsteps».

### examples

- A clump of bluebells grew under the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/#x1)
- The cat left a clump of fur on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/#x2)
- Stir the porridge so it doesn't clump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/#x3)
- The children clumped together to keep warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/#x4)
- We heard Dad clumping upstairs in his wellies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/#x5)
- Clumps of mud fell off my football boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/#x6)
- The rabbits hid in a clump of long grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/#x7)
- But not half-way, near a clump of trees, there was the Wolf! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: clumped. Similar sounding: «clomp» (also heavy walking) and «lump». «Clumpy» describes things that form lumps or heavy shoes.

### In the corpora

- [In March a garden pond can fill with clumps of jelly dotted with black eggs: common frog spawn.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad/0/)
- [Squeeze lemon into warm milk and it suddenly forms lumps: the acid makes the milk's proteins clump together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/4/)
- [Acid makes milk proteins clump into lumps; cheese-makers use this to make soft cheese like paneer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/18/)
- [Bacteria have eaten the milk sugar and made acid, and the acid made the milk proteins clump.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/22-milk-cheese-and-yoghurt/1/)
- [Stars are born inside huge cold clouds of gas and dust called nebulae, where clumps collapse under their own gravity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/18-how-stars-live/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clump» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clump/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.