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# lumpy

«lumpy» in Mova's school dictionary: **full of lumps, not smooth** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (lumpy, lumpier, lumpiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lumpy means full of lumps, not smooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumpy/#m1)

2) A lumpy surface has bumps on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumpy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking, lumpy porridge, gravy or custard has not been stirred well. In everyday life, a lumpy mattress or pillow is uncomfortable. In science, mixing powders into water carefully stops them going lumpy.

### examples

- The custard went lumpy because I didn't stir it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumpy/#x1)
- This mattress is old and lumpy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumpy/#x2)
- Stir the flour into the milk so it doesn't get lumpy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumpy/#x3)
- The field was lumpy with molehills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumpy/#x4)
- I don't like lumpy mashed potatoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumpy/#x5)
- Her bag was lumpy with toys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumpy/#x6)

### note

Comparison: lumpier, lumpiest (y changes to i). Noun: lump. Opposite: smooth. A new lump on the body should be shown to a doctor.

### In the corpora

- [Vivid example: at Christmas in Dublin, Auntie Siobhan hands Mum a lumpy orange jumper.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/2/)
- [The Rat has a plan: go down into a lumpy little valley ahead and find a dry cave or hole to rest in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/15/)
- [In the lumpy little valley the Mole trips and falls with a squeal — he's cut his shin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/0/)
- [Whisking cream traps air bubbles, held by fat droplets; whisking too long turns it lumpy and then into butter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/22-milk-cheese-and-yoghurt/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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