I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a clod/clump of earth (= a lump of earth )
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The horse’s hooves kicked up great clods of earth.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dense
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One, the copper flower, grows in dense violet clumps on the most polluted soils of all.
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Nuclear plants are sprinkled liberally across the capital, with a particularly dense clump in the northern suburbs.
large
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Lift and divide large clumps of pond plants and marginals.
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You should not see large clumps of flour in the batter.
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Where the lawn had been grew a large clump you could hardly call it a copse - of coconut palms.
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As we ate our meal using our fingers and large clumps of ugali, the conversation turned quite serious.
small
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I add a small clump of Java Moss and a few grains of Aquazorb, which helps to keep the water sweet.
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Wild plants growing well where never before seen, and growing very well where only found in small clumps .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An unwanted clump can be pulled up, and its roots and leaves dried for later use.
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Bright green lizards were scuttling over a clump of tree-roots twice as tall as Alan, and he was wide awake.
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By one of the legs is a clump of dust shaped like a sea lion with its head and neck raised.
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Crunching up the gravel drive past a clump of rhododendrons, she heard a scuffle in the undergrowth.
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Grasses gradually increase and after 10 years the appearance is mainly one of grassland with scattered clumps of tall herbs.
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It was like the first part we had was in a clump and was brown.
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Three lone boys finally started up his walk in a sullen clump , and the rest followed in a bigger clump.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Humidity causes sugar to clump .
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The three of us clumped up the steps in our heavy ski boots.
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The walls are so thin we can hear the man next door clumping about all day.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And those watching Forcibles swung their empty stares around the nearly deserted bar, then wheeled their tight formation and clumped out.
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Galaxies, too, tend to clump together in clusters, which in turn may be parts of superclusters.
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This leads to a slightly bizarre and unconvincing fusion of musical forces which all end up clumped awkwardly together.
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When you add vinegar to milk, the small solid pieces clump together and form larger solid pieces.