Tra từ lump - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

lump [lump lumps lumped lumping] noun, verb BrE [lʌmp] NAmE [lʌmp]
noun
1. a piece of sth hard or solid, usually without a particular shape
•a lump of coal/cheese/wood
• This sauce has lumps in it.
2. (BrE) = ↑sugar lump
• One lump or two?
3. a swelling under the skin, sometimes a sign of serious illness
• He was unhurt apart from a lump on his head.
• Check your breasts for lumps every month.
4. (informal, especially BrE)a heavy, lazy or stupid person
•He's a big fat lump.

Word Origin:
n. and v. Middle English Germanic ‘shapeless piece’ Danish lump ‘lump’ Norwegian Swedish lump ‘block, log’ Dutch lomp ‘rag’
late 16th cent. ‘look sulky’ dump grump

Thesaurus:
lump noun
1. C
•He put some lumps of coal on the fire.
piece • • chunk • • hunk • • cube • • wedge • • slab • • block •
a lump/piece/chunk/hunk/wedge of cheese
a lump/piece/chunk/hunk/slab of meat
a lump/piece/block/slab of ice
2. C
•I was unhurt except for a lump on my head.
bump • • swelling • |BrE tumour • |AmE tumor •
a lump/bump/swelling/tumour on a part of the body
a lump/swelling/tumour in a part of the body
a painful lump/swelling
have a lump/bump/swelling/tumour

Example Bank:
•He's developed a painful lump on his neck.
•She felt a lump in her breast.
•She's just had a breast lump removed.
•Stir the sauce to remove any small lumps.
•Surgeons operated to remove the lump.
•Tests confirmed the lump was cancerous.
•a great lump of cheese
•a heavy lump of clay
•He put a few more lumps of coal on the fire.
•He was unhurt except for a lump on his head.
•She gave the pony a sugar lump.
Idioms: ↑have a lump in your throat ▪ ↑lump it ▪ ↑take your lumps

verb ~ A and B together | ~ A (in) with B
to put or consider different things together in the same group
•You can't lump all Asian languages together.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. and v. Middle English Germanic ‘shapeless piece’ Danish lump ‘lump’ Norwegian Swedish lump ‘block, log’ Dutch lomp ‘rag’
late 16th cent. ‘look sulky’ dump grump