lumps in English

noun

1

a compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape.

there was a lump of ice floating in the milk

synonyms: chunk, hunk, piece, mass, block, wedge, slab, cake, nugget, ball, brick, cube, pat, knob, clod, gobbet, dollop, wad, glob, gob

verb

1

put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars.

Hong Kong and Bangkok tend to be lumped together in travel brochures

synonyms: combine, put together, group, bunch, aggregate, unite, pool, merge, collect, throw together, consider together

2

proceed heavily or awkwardly.

I came lumping along behind him

3

accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not.

you can like it or lump it but I've got to work

synonyms: put up with, bear, endure, suffer, take, tolerate, accept

noun

chunk, hunk, piece, mass, block, wedge, slab, cake, nugget, ball, brick, cube, pat, knob, clod, gobbet, dollop, wad, glob, gob
swelling, bump, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, growth, outgrowth, nodule, hump, goose egg
hard knocks, defeats, losses
ball, glob, clod, clump, chunk
hunk
puffiness, swelling
lummox, clod, gawk, stumblebum, lubber, goon, lout, oaf

verb

combine, put up with, chunk, collocate
combine, put together, group, bunch, aggregate, unite, pool, merge, collect, throw together, consider together
put up with, bear, endure, suffer, take, tolerate, accept
chunk
collocate, chunk

Use "lumps" in a sentence

1. Too many lumps.

2. Carbuncles usually begin as tender, red lumps

3. Clumpy: having small pieces or lumps spread throughout.

4. Big lumps of brown sludge were everywhere.

5. 12 Strain the custard to remove lumps.

6. Chunky: having small pieces or lumps spread throughout

7. Blobs are Small lumps on the printing surface

8. (g)operations to colour sugar or form sugar lumps;

9. I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood.

10. 11 Stir the sauce to remove any small lumps.

11. 3 Nine out of ten lumps are not cancerous.

12. Also, nodules, or small lumps, may appear under the skin.

13. The sperm, as it cools, tends to crystallize into lumps.

14. 24 Pass the sauce through a sieve to remove any lumps.

15. The lumps of stonework that had remained standing now crumbled.

16. Curdles are the lumps that are formed when milk has turned sour

17. Atheroma refers to small fatty lumps that develop inside blood vessels (arteries)

18. Ca3P2 has the appearance of red-brown crystalline powder or grey lumps.

19. Most breast lumps are Benign, which means they're not cancer. Benign breast lumps usually have smooth edges and can be moved slightly when you push against them

20. Luckily, many Collarbone lumps are completely harmless and aren’t cause for concern.

21. Adhesions are lumps of scar tissue that form inside your body

22. Fine-grained ores and concentrates sintered (agglomerated) into lumps in the sinter plant.

23. The two most common types of Benign breast lumps are cysts and fibroadenomas

24. 15 Cones, like regular lumps on a potters wheel, whirl around and around.

25. Cob houses are made of clay-like lumps of soil, sand, and straw

26. Blithering idiots (also: lumps, poops, lubbers, schmucks, nincompoops, ninnies, stumblebums, lummoxes, klutzes) volume_up

27. The zinc-lined drawers held lumps of ice delivered weekly by the fishmonger.

28. Add garlic and ground beef and cook, stirring constantly to break up lumps.

29. By this process we reduce an indigestible amount of data into meaningful lumps.

30. Keep the roller wet so it doesn't pick up lumps of macadam.

31. She could tell from the small lumps of matter floating on its vermilion surface.

32. Gallstones are pebble-like lumps, usually made of cholesterol, causing inflammation of the gallbladder.

33. An excisional breast Biopsy is done to diagnose one or more lumps in the breast

34. However, there are many other causes for Armpit lumps, some of which may require treatment.

35. But, pepita, when you do right without Compulsion, there are always two lumps.

36. Sometimes you have your varicose veins whipped out, or your non-threatening lumps.

37. According to experts, the company took its lumps but is on the road to profitability.

38. Moreover, terrorism is an abstraction that lumps together all political movements that use terrorist tactics.

39. What is Atheroma? Atheroma refers to small fatty lumps that develop inside blood vessels (arteries)

40. This caused concretions containing plant material to form and preserve as rounded lumps of stone.

41. 14 Gallstones are pebble-like lumps, usually made of cholesterol, causing inflammation of the gallbladder.

42. Aventurine Crystal is also available in tumbled stones and rough lumps of easily identifiable, sparkly stone.

43. Objective To investigate the B-mode ultrasound image and the diagnostic value of Famale Pelvic Lumps.

44. His solution was to cut lumps wholesale - and from this came the verb "to Bowdlerise ".

45. And you see how the dark matter lumps up, and the ordinary matter just trails along behind.

46. Do we therefore conclude that the beer consists of solid indivisible lumps of matter of that volume?

47. Synonyms for Coelenterates include polyps, cysts, growth, lumps, nodules, swelling, tumours, tumors, anemones and coral

48. If those big lumps Cash and Andy want fresh bread, let'em ride home for it.

49. At first, normally the disease is visible by lumps (myxomata) and puffiness around the head and genitals.

50. People often describe localized swollen areas on, or under, the skin as lumps or Bumps.While Bumps on, or under, the skin may result from conditions that give rise to a skin rash, many other conditions can result in solitary raised lumps on the skin.Infections, tumors, and the body's response to trauma or injury can all lead to lumps or Bumps that appear to be located on or …