Antonyms for clump


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kluhmp
Phonetic Transcription : klÊŒmp


Definition of clump

Origin :
  • 1580s, "lump; cluster of trees," from Middle English clompe "a lump" (c.1300), from Dutch klomp "lump, mass," or Middle Low German klumpe "clog, wooden shoe." Old English had clympre "lump, mass of metal."
  • noun mass of something
  • noun thumping noise
  • verb make thumping noise
Example sentences :
  • On the homeward way they turned into a lane and came to a clump of catnip.
  • Extract from : « A Night Out » by Edward Peple
  • As a rule he waited on the top of the hill in the clump of pines.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Philip repeated to Mr. Stubmore the story he had imparted to Mr. Clump.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • How would this clump of bushes serve for a hiding place while we wait?
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Crouching low in the shade of a clump of bushes, Grant stole toward the spot.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • I suppose the rascally spy isn't still in this clump of timer, eh?
  • Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
  • Noon came, and no other soldiers had visited the clump of trees.
  • Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
  • Let's take a look in that clump of bushes and see who is there, and what ails him.
  • Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
  • Dick climbed a tree on the south side of the clump, and looked toward the south.
  • Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
  • We were startled by a sound in the clump of trees behind us.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for clump

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