| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Signifies an entity that clumps, based on the verb clump.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb | 1. To form into clumps or masses.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Base (clump) | 1. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground.[Wordnet]. 2. Come together as in a cluster or flock.[Wordnet]. 3. Walk clumsily.[Wordnet]. 4. Gather or cause to gather into a cluster.[Wordnet]. 5. To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.[Websters]. 6. To tread clumsily; to clamp.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: clumping, clumped, clumps, clumper, clumpers, clumpingly and clumpedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "CLUMPER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: clump
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A thick, short piece of wood, or other solid substance; a shapeless mass. Hence clumper, a clot or clod.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Biology & Biotechnology | The aggregate of stems issuing from the same root, rhizome system, or stool, with particular reference to bamboos and the larger grasses. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Food & Agriculture | An isolated, generally dense, group of trees. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Industry | All groups must have large masses and clumps of fibers broken up. This is opening. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | A. A bend in a roadway or passage in a coal seam b. A large fall of roof. (references) | ||
| Slang in 1811 | CLUMP. A lump. Clumpish; lumpish, stupid. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] A cluster or lump. (references) | 2: [Noun] A dull thud. (references) | 3: [Noun] A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair. (references) | 4: [Verb] (intransitive) To walk with a heavy footfalls. (references) | 5: [Verb] (transitive) To form clusters or lumps. (references) | 6: [Verb] (transitive) To gather into thick groups. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Common Expressions: clump
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Red clump | The Red Clump is a region on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram occupied primarily by metal-rich red giant stars. It is above/right relative to the main sequence and so consequently stars here are brighter than main sequence stars of the same surface temperature (or colder than stars of comparable luminosity). (references) | ||
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Abbreviations & Acronyms: clump
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| CLUMP | English | Canada Land Use Monitoring Program | Computing, Environment | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | Top | |||
Topics by Level of Interest: clump | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Juno clump | 7 | Clump Mountain National Park | 3 | |
| Old Clump Mountain | 4 | Juno clump | 7 | |
| Tutts Clump | 3 | Old Clump Mountain | 4 | |
| Clump Mountain National Park | 3 | Peanut clump virus | 3 | |
| Peanut clump virus | 3 | Red clump | 3 | |
| Red clump | 3 | Tutts Clump | 3 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
