CLUMPED

Verb

clumped

simple past tense and past participle of clump

Anagrams

• declump

Source: Wiktionary


CLUMP

Clump, n. Etym: [Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump, klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw. kllimp; perh. akin to L. globus, E. globe. Cf. Club.]

1. An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

2. A cluster; a group; a thicket. A clump of shrubby trees. Hawthorne.

3. The compressed clay of coal strata. Brande & C.

Clump, v. t.

Definition: To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group. Blackmore.

Clump, v. i.

Definition: To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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