lump

«lump» in Mova's school dictionary: a small solid piece of something with no clear shape… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (lump, lumps); verb (lump together, lumps, lumped, lumping)

meaning for a pupil

1) A lump is a small solid piece of something with no clear shape, like a lump of sugar, clay or coal. tree →

2) A lump is a swelling on the body, like a bump after you hit your head. tree →

3) A lump in your throat is a tight feeling when you want to cry. tree →

4) To lump things together is to put them in one group. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths lumps are small pieces counted, like lumps of sugar in cups of tea: «lumps in each cup» is a group size, cups × lumps. In everyday life: lumps in porridge or gravy, a lump on the head after a fall (tell an adult). Phrases: «a lump sum», «a lump in my throat».

examples

• She puts 2 lumps of sugar in each cup. tree →
• How many lumps for 5 cups? tree →
• A lump of clay weighs 300 grams. tree →
• He split the lump into 4 equal parts. tree →
• Stir the sauce so there are no lumps. tree →
• He got a lump on his head when he fell. tree →
• I had a lump in my throat at the end of the film. tree →
• The potter shaped a lump of clay into a bowl. tree →
• Don't lump all dogs together; each one is different. tree →
• I want another lump of sugar, then I’ll drink it.” tree →

note

Countable. Adjective: «lumpy» (full of lumps). A lump on the body that does not go away should be shown to a doctor. Maths: cups × lumps per cup. Trap: «a lump sum» is money paid all at once, not a piece.

In the corpora

• Nearly 2000 years ago a volcano buried a Roman town and burned a library of scrolls to black lumps that nobody could open.
• Small grains dissolve faster than a lump, because they have more surface for the water to touch; stirring helps too.
• A sieve lets fine flour through and keeps lumps; long ago gold miners used pans and sieves to wash gold from river gravel.
• Squeeze lemon into warm milk and it suddenly forms lumps: the acid makes the milk's proteins clump together.
• Acid makes milk proteins clump into lumps; cheese-makers use this to make soft cheese like paneer.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lump» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.