clump

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

clump [clump clumps clumped clumping] noun, verb BrE [klʌmp] NAmE [klʌmp]
noun
1. a small group of things or people very close together, especially trees or plants; a bunch of sth such as grass or hair
•a clump of trees/bushes
2. the sound made by sb putting their feet down very heavily
•I heard the heavy clump of feet on the stairs.

Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a heap or lump): partly imitative, reinforced by Middle Low German klumpe and Middle Dutch klompe; related to ↑club ‘to hit someone with a stick or heavy object’.

Example Bank:
•great clumps of rhododendrons
•situated in a clump of trees
•He tore out a clump of her hair.
•I tripped over a clump of grass in the darkness.
•There was a clump of bushes at the edge of the lawn.
•They planted trees in clumps around the park.

 
verb
1. intransitive + adv./prep. (especially BrE)to put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk
•The children clumped down the stairs.
2. intransitive, transitive ~ (together) | ~ A and B (together) to come together or be brought together to form a tight group
•Galaxies tend to clump together in clusters.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a heap or lump): partly imitative, reinforced by Middle Low German klumpe and Middle Dutch klompe; related to ↑club ‘to hit someone with a stick or heavy object’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  thump, thumping, clunk, thud, ball, clod, glob, lump, chunk, bunch, cluster, clustering, bunch up, bundle, clomp, constellate, flock, clop, plunk