Clump
noun
A small group of things or people close together.
There was a clump of trees near the river.
Often appears as...
- clump of trees
- clump of grass
noun
A lump of something, especially one without definite or regular shape.
She carefully removed a clump of dirt from the carpet.
Often appears as...
- clump of dirt
- clump of hair
verb
To form into a clump or mass.
The wet sand clumped together in my hand.
Often appears as...
- clump together
- hair clumped
verb
To walk with a heavy, clumsy sound.
He clumped up the stairs in his heavy boots.
Often appears as...
- clump up the stairs
- clump down the corridor
noun
A small group of things or people close together.
There was a clump of trees near the river.
Often appears as...
- clump of trees
- clump of grass
noun
A lump of something, especially one without definite or regular shape.
She carefully removed a clump of dirt from the carpet.
Often appears as...
- clump of dirt
- clump of hair
verb
To form into a clump or mass.
The wet sand clumped together in my hand.
Often appears as...
- clump together
- hair clumped
verb
To walk with a heavy, clumsy sound.
He clumped up the stairs in his heavy boots.
Often appears as...
- clump up the stairs
- clump down the corridor
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Proximity
Use 'clump' when things or people are not just close, but touching or overlapping.
The mushrooms grew in a tight clump against the tree.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Formation
'Clump' often describes how plants or natural objects group together unplanned.
A clump of flowers bloomed wildly in the meadow.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Crowded
A 'clump' implies a small number, not a large crowd or gathering.
They stood in a small clump waiting for the guide.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Proximity
Use 'clump' when things or people are not just close, but touching or overlapping.
The mushrooms grew in a tight clump against the tree.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Formation
'Clump' often describes how plants or natural objects group together unplanned.
A clump of flowers bloomed wildly in the meadow.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Crowded
A 'clump' implies a small number, not a large crowd or gathering.
They stood in a small clump waiting for the guide.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Proximity
Use 'clump' when things or people are not just close, but touching or overlapping.
The mushrooms grew in a tight clump against the tree.
Pro Tip 2/3Natural Formation
'Clump' often describes how plants or natural objects group together unplanned.
A clump of flowers bloomed wildly in the meadow.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Crowded
A 'clump' implies a small number, not a large crowd or gathering.
They stood in a small clump waiting for the guide.
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What is the universe...
The inflationary model describes a brief era of incredibly rapid expansion that relates quantum fluctuations in the energy of the early universe, to the formation of clumps of gas that eventually led to galaxies. If we accept this paradigm, it may also imply our universe represents
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Three ways the universe...
and as they clumped together their gravitational pull would get even stronger. Stars too would hurtle together and collide. Temperatures would rise as space would get tighter and tighter. The size of the universe would plummet until everything compressed into such a small space
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Is fire a solid, a...
and the color of the light depends on the temperature of the molecules. The hottest flames are white or blue. The type of molecules in a fire can also influence flame color. For instance, any unreacted carbon atoms from the logs form little clumps of soot that rise
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What happens when you...
The culprit is a protein called tau. Usually, tau proteins support tiny tubes inside our axons called microtubules. It's thought that repeated subconcussive hits damage the microtubules, causing the tau proteins to dislodge and clump together.
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Is our universe the only...
and that's a question on which we can make headway because those universes that have much more dark energy than ours whenever matter tries to clump into galaxies the repulsive push of the dark energy is so strong that it blows the clump apart
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Building community in...
knew in her heart of hearts that he had died at one critical moment Joyce reached down and gathered up a clump of superiors hair that she had kept since the day he disappeared and held it above her head and said this is all I have
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Why is our universe...
instead of any of the other possibilities that are out there? And that's a question on which we can make headway. Because those universes that have much more dark energy than ours, whenever matter tries to clump into galaxies,
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Climb Ancient Temples in...
caves a little later I took a quick butterfly breather this clump of swallowtail butterflies was collecting minerals from the mud in a behavior called puddling finally I arrived at caracol the site was lush and peaceful
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Explaining the Tree of...
years ago complex chemical molecules began to clump together to form microscopic blobs cells these were the seeds from which the Tree of Life developed they were able to split
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A brie(f) history of...
These clumps, or curds, became the building blocks of cheese, which would eventually be aged, pressed, ripened, and whizzed into a diverse cornucopia of dairy delights.
Video examples
What is the universe...
The inflationary model describes a brief era of incredibly rapid expansion that relates quantum fluctuations in the energy of the early universe, to the formation of clumps of gas that eventually led to galaxies. If we accept this paradigm, it may also imply our universe represents
Video examples
Three ways the universe...
and as they clumped together their gravitational pull would get even stronger. Stars too would hurtle together and collide. Temperatures would rise as space would get tighter and tighter. The size of the universe would plummet until everything compressed into such a small space
Video examples
Is fire a solid, a...
and the color of the light depends on the temperature of the molecules. The hottest flames are white or blue. The type of molecules in a fire can also influence flame color. For instance, any unreacted carbon atoms from the logs form little clumps of soot that rise
Video examples
What happens when you...
The culprit is a protein called tau. Usually, tau proteins support tiny tubes inside our axons called microtubules. It's thought that repeated subconcussive hits damage the microtubules, causing the tau proteins to dislodge and clump together.
Video examples
Is our universe the only...
and that's a question on which we can make headway because those universes that have much more dark energy than ours whenever matter tries to clump into galaxies the repulsive push of the dark energy is so strong that it blows the clump apart
Video examples
Building community in...
knew in her heart of hearts that he had died at one critical moment Joyce reached down and gathered up a clump of superiors hair that she had kept since the day he disappeared and held it above her head and said this is all I have
Video examples
Why is our universe...
instead of any of the other possibilities that are out there? And that's a question on which we can make headway. Because those universes that have much more dark energy than ours, whenever matter tries to clump into galaxies,
Video examples
Climb Ancient Temples in...
caves a little later I took a quick butterfly breather this clump of swallowtail butterflies was collecting minerals from the mud in a behavior called puddling finally I arrived at caracol the site was lush and peaceful
Video examples
Explaining the Tree of...
years ago complex chemical molecules began to clump together to form microscopic blobs cells these were the seeds from which the Tree of Life developed they were able to split
Video examples
A brie(f) history of...
These clumps, or curds, became the building blocks of cheese, which would eventually be aged, pressed, ripened, and whizzed into a diverse cornucopia of dairy delights.
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Tim Cahill
American Writer
Right whales, for all their size, are surprisingly athletic. They roll, they slap their flukes, they lift their heads out of the water in a move known as a spy hop. They find playthings and are particularly fond of swimming repeatedly through clumps of seaweed, which slides over them like a feathered boa.
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Benedict Wong
British Actor
In Kazahkstan, you would drive five hours outside the city to where roads sort of stop being roads, and it was just in the mountains and deathly quiet. And you could only really hear the clumping of the horses, and it was a sort of a beautiful silence. Like it enveloped you.
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Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Chris Ofili's suave, stippled, visually tricked-out paintings of the nineties, with their allover fields of shimmering dots and clumps of dung, are like cave paintings of modern life. They crackle with optical cockiness, love, and massive amounts of painterly mojo.
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David Gross
American Physicist
In the lab, we could not see or physically describe the mathematical objects that we called quarks, which we suspected were the key to unlocking the dynamics of the strong force that binds together the clump of protons and neutrons at the center of the atom.
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Tim O'Brien
American Author
The world comes at me that way - comes at me in clumps of stuff, sometimes little vignettes and sometimes whole stories. And then the rest is erased by the internal filter that erases things for the same reason you'd forget swatting a mosquito.
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Dan Jenkins
American Author
Something mystical happens to every writer who goes to the Masters for the first time, some sort of emotional experience that results in a search party having to be sent out to recover his typewriter from a clump of azaleas.
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Roger Rosenblatt
American Journalist
The trick in foraging for a tooth lost in coffee grounds is not to be misled by the clumps. The only way to be sure is to rub each clump between your thumb and index finger, which makes a mess of your hands.
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Lindsey Stirling
American Musician
I feel like my art is very eclectic. I have taken my favorite things - be that costume designing, fashion sense, music and video editing - and I threw them all into one big clump. And that's what I do.
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Alan Guth
American Physicist
Relativity can, for instance, explain that the universe had once been clumped into a dense fireball. But it can never explain how matter actually behaved.
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Erin O'Connor
English Model
My hair is an untidy bob. I am very dark, but I embellish the roots because I am white in one clump.
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Tim Cahill
American Writer
Right whales, for all their size, are surprisingly athletic. They roll, they slap their flukes, they lift their heads out of the water in a move known as a spy hop. They find playthings and are particularly fond of swimming repeatedly through clumps of seaweed, which slides over them like a feathered boa.
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Benedict Wong
British Actor
In Kazahkstan, you would drive five hours outside the city to where roads sort of stop being roads, and it was just in the mountains and deathly quiet. And you could only really hear the clumping of the horses, and it was a sort of a beautiful silence. Like it enveloped you.
Quote examples
Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Chris Ofili's suave, stippled, visually tricked-out paintings of the nineties, with their allover fields of shimmering dots and clumps of dung, are like cave paintings of modern life. They crackle with optical cockiness, love, and massive amounts of painterly mojo.
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David Gross
American Physicist
In the lab, we could not see or physically describe the mathematical objects that we called quarks, which we suspected were the key to unlocking the dynamics of the strong force that binds together the clump of protons and neutrons at the center of the atom.
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Tim O'Brien
American Author
The world comes at me that way - comes at me in clumps of stuff, sometimes little vignettes and sometimes whole stories. And then the rest is erased by the internal filter that erases things for the same reason you'd forget swatting a mosquito.
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Dan Jenkins
American Author
Something mystical happens to every writer who goes to the Masters for the first time, some sort of emotional experience that results in a search party having to be sent out to recover his typewriter from a clump of azaleas.
Quote examples
Roger Rosenblatt
American Journalist
The trick in foraging for a tooth lost in coffee grounds is not to be misled by the clumps. The only way to be sure is to rub each clump between your thumb and index finger, which makes a mess of your hands.
Quote examples
Lindsey Stirling
American Musician
I feel like my art is very eclectic. I have taken my favorite things - be that costume designing, fashion sense, music and video editing - and I threw them all into one big clump. And that's what I do.
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Alan Guth
American Physicist
Relativity can, for instance, explain that the universe had once been clumped into a dense fireball. But it can never explain how matter actually behaved.
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Erin O'Connor
English Model
My hair is an untidy bob. I am very dark, but I embellish the roots because I am white in one clump.
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