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1.nounSomething that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape."Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps."
2.nounA group, set, or unit."The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment."
3.nounA small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful."Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?"
4.nounA dull or lazy person."Don't just sit there like a lump."
5.noun(as plural) A beating or verbal abuse."He's taken his lumps over the years."
6.nounA projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
7.nounA kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
8.nounFood given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.
9.verbTo treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items)."People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures."
10.verbTo bear a heavy or awkward burden; to carry something unwieldy from one place to another.
11.verbTo hit or strike (a person).