lump

Signification (Anglais)

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. (informal) A beating or verbal abuse.
8. A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
9. A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
10. (obsolete, slang) Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.
11. (obsolete, slang) The workhouse.

Verb

1. (transitive) 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. (transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
3. (transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
4. (slang, transitive) To hit or strike (a person).
5. (intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.

Concepts

boule

morceau

bloc

bosse

motte

masse

protubérance

boule hystérique

boulette

pièce

grumeau

enflure

groupe

bande

bouton

fragment

gonflement

touffe

grappe

patapouf

troupe

voyou

amoncellement

excroissance

groupement

pan

renflement

tronçon

lout

blessure

bouillie

butor

collection

combinaison

ensemble

forfait

grain

grosseur

groupage

hématome

lot

malotru

paquet

pierre

🪨

roc

🪨

rocher

🪨

sac

tas

Synonymes

bump

clod

mass

piece

swelling

chunk

protuberance

bit

ball

knot

🪢

clump

knob

clot

bulge

slice

heap

wen

tumor

hump

gob

cluster

loaf

gnarl

part

bunch

tuber

gobbet

snowball

fragment

pimple

block

total

flake

aggregate

node

welt

boil

excrescence

pile

nub

blob

outgrowth

glob

hunk

portion

multitude

mass-together

mound

nipple

bar

Traductions

Klumpen

Beule

trozo

zolla

Kloß

grumo

knobbel

klont

🅰️

brok

Knoten

🪢

bonk

Knolle

💡

bola

Schwellung

nó

🪢

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lʌmp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: lumpe

Appartenant à néerlandais: lomp

Appartenant à allemand: Lumpen

In summary

From Middle English lumpe, from a Germanic base akin to Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide, go, hang loosely”). Compare Dutch lomp (“rag”), German Low German Lump (“rag”), German Lumpen (“rag”) and Lump (“ragamuffin”).