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# clumping

«clumping» in Mova's school dictionary: **Walking with slow, heavy, noisy steps (clumping up the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Walking with slow, heavy, noisy steps (clumping up the stairs). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumping/#m1)

2) Gathering together into a tight group or lumps (wet flour clumping, trees clumping together). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumping/#m2)

3) (noun «clump») A group of plants growing close together, or a lump of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumping/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it is a sound and movement word: heavy boots clumping on wooden floors, a giant clumping through the forest. In cooking and science, things clump together into lumps — flour, wet sand, cat litter. It tells the reader about heavy steps or things sticking together in groups.

### examples

- He came clumping down the stairs in his big boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumping/#x1)
- The giant went clumping through the woods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumping/#x2)
- The wet sand kept clumping together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumping/#x3)
- Stir the flour well to stop it clumping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumping/#x4)
- Daffodils were growing in a clump by the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumping/#x5)
- The horses went clumping along the lane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumping/#x6)
- The cattle stood clumping together for warmth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumping/#x7)
- The Carl of the Drab Coat came bumping and stumping and clumping into the camp, and was surrounded by a multitude that adored him and hailed him with tears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumping/#x8)

### note

-ing form of the regular verb «clump». Similar sound words: «stomp», «clomp», «tramp». The noun «clump» is countable: a clump of grass, clumps of trees.

### Trees and pragmatics

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