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clump
noun
verb
A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
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noun
A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
noun
A grouping of a number of similar things
“A bunch of trees”
noun
A compact mass
“A ball of mud caught him on the shoulder”
verb
Gather or cause to gather into a cluster
“She bunched her fingers into a fist”
verb
Walk clumsily
verb
Come together as in a cluster or flock
“The poets constellate in this town every summer”
verb
Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
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A bunch of trees
A cluster of admirers
A ball of mud caught him on the shoulder
She bunched her fingers into a fist
The poets constellate in this town every summer
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