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lump

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Noun

  1. Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
  2. A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
  3. A group, set, or unit.
  4. A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
  5. A dull or lazy person.
  6. A fat person.
  7. A beating or verbal abuse.
  8. A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
  9. A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
  10. Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.
  11. The workhouse.

Verb

  1. To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
  2. To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
  3. To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
  4. To hit or strike (a person).
  5. To form a lump or lumps.

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