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# lump

«lump» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small solid piece of something with no clear shape…** — 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 (lump, lumps); verb (lump together, lumps, lumped, lumping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lump is a small solid piece of something with no clear shape, like a lump of sugar, clay or coal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#m1)

2) A lump is a swelling on the body, like a bump after you hit your head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#m2)

3) A lump in your throat is a tight feeling when you want to cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#m3)

4) To lump things together is to put them in one group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lumps are small pieces counted, like lumps of sugar in cups of tea: «lumps in each cup» is a group size, cups × lumps. In everyday life: lumps in porridge or gravy, a lump on the head after a fall (tell an adult). Phrases: «a lump sum», «a lump in my throat».

### examples

- She puts 2 lumps of sugar in each cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#x1)
- How many lumps for 5 cups? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#x2)
- A lump of clay weighs 300 grams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#x3)
- He split the lump into 4 equal parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#x4)
- Stir the sauce so there are no lumps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#x5)
- He got a lump on his head when he fell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#x6)
- I had a lump in my throat at the end of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#x7)
- The potter shaped a lump of clay into a bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#x8)
- Don't lump all dogs together; each one is different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#x9)
- I want another lump of sugar, then I’ll drink it.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lump/#x10)

### note

Countable. Adjective: «lumpy» (full of lumps). A lump on the body that does not go away should be shown to a doctor. Maths: cups × lumps per cup. Trap: «a lump sum» is money paid all at once, not a piece.

### In the corpora

- [Nearly 2000 years ago a volcano buried a Roman town and burned a library of scrolls to black lumps that nobody could open.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/23-news-tricked-bots-discoveries/0/)
- [Small grains dissolve faster than a lump, because they have more surface for the water to touch; stirring helps too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/6-mixing-and-dissolving/11/)
- [A sieve lets fine flour through and keeps lumps; long ago gold miners used pans and sieves to wash gold from river gravel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/8-separating-mixtures/6/)
- [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/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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