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lump /ˈlʌmp/
塊,瘤,很多,腫塊,笨人(vt.)使成塊狀,混在一起,忍耐,笨重地移動(vi.)結塊
lump /ˈləmp/ 名詞
腫塊,塊
Lump n.
1. A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. “ A lump of cheese.” --Piers Plowman. “ This lump of clay.”
2. A mass or aggregation of things.
3. Firearms A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
In the lump, In a lump, the whole together; in gross.
They may buy them in the lump. --Addison.
-- Lump coal, coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought from the mine.
Lump sum, (a) a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and damages. (b) a single sum paid once in satisfaction of a claim, as contrasted with the alternate choice of several payments over a period of time; -- sometimes allowed, e.g., as an alternative to periodical pension payments for a lifetime.
Lump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lumped p. pr. & vb. n. Lumping.]
1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.
The expenses ought to be lumped together. --Ayliffe.
2. To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but out of no resentment to you, I lump all together. --Sterne.
3. To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he doesn't like it, he can lump it. [Low]
2. Zool. The European eelpout; -- called also lumper.
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lump
n 1: a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk
of bread"; "a lump of coal" [syn: hunk]
2: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
[syn: ball, clod, glob, clump, chunk]
3: abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement [syn: swelling,
puffiness]
4: an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum,
goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, gawk]
v 1: put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the
applicants" [syn: chunk]
2: group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by
side [syn: collocate, chunk]