I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a lump of butter
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He served himself a big lump of butter.
a lump of ice (= a large piece of ice )
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Huge lumps of ice break off from the glaciers and float in the sea.
a lump of sugar ( also a sugar lump ) (= a small block of sugar )
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He put three lumps of sugar in his coffee.
a lump/hunk of cheese (= a large piece )
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We just had bread and a hunk of cheese for lunch.
a lump/piece of rock
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His leg was trapped under a large lump of rock.
lump sum
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When you retire you’ll get a lump sum of £80,000.
sugar lump
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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And George gave me a big lump in traveller's cheques.
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If you put the meat back in the refrigerator in a big lump , the center will stay warm for hours.
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A milky discharge, if it is lumpy, in big lumps , then Sepia would be well worth trying.
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Now, staring at the big thick lump of meat, her self-confidence vanished.
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It is much more than simply a big lump of rock.
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After about a week she was tearing off big lumps of the dead chicks I was feeding her.
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As payment comes in big lumps when the job is finished, income, Gare noted, tends to be uneven.
great
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With a great lump of meat known as man. 1 wish I was a man.
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The food she had eaten immediately seemed to stick inside her like a great lump of lead.
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Even as she sank, she would know the woman was still leaning forward, great uncouth lump , writing.
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When it rained the water would cascade down the banks and wash great lumps of soil into the road.
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It's coming up in a great lump .
large
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Bruce and Kim have large lumps of clay.
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Add more water if mixture seems dry; dough should just hold together in large lumps .
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As Magee tugged it free a large lump of bone came away on the end of the knife.
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There is now quite a large lump in his groin which his General Practitioner diagnoses as an irreducible right inguinal hernia.
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In only one case was a sample obtained from a large lump of rock, these being scarce on the lunar surface.
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He is also accused of possessing an offensive weapon - a large lump hammer - and affray.
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There were two large lumps that I hadn't had before, but at least the skull didn't seem to be broken.
small
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She picked up a small flowerpot-shaped lump of earth.
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She could tell from the small lumps of matter floating on its vermilion surface.
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It's a small , firm lump and seems to slip from my fingers when I try to feel it.
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A small , shapely lump of granite, a little smaller than a hen's egg.
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A small lump of nothing rolled across the floor, gathering substance, and coalesced into an unnoticed rat.
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Building society accounts Share accounts-Building society terminology for a simple savings account useful for small lump sums or regular saving.
■ NOUN
sugar
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Guy immediately shovelled another sugar lump between its wet, smelly lips.
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There might be a sugar lump in a minute, but sometimes, when Henry was upset, there were no treats.
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I carry sugar lumps around with me and feed him those.
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If the fly landed on your sugar lump you got the girl.
sum
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Payment at today's price may be by a single lump sum or by instalments.
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If a fire department were given a lump sum budget and allowed to keep any savings, these incentives would change.
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She also received a cash lump sum from her Personal Accident Policy.
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I am 74 years old and when I retired in 1982 I invested my lump sum pension with a brokerage.
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A lump sum would be paid to a trade association or similar body.
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Additionally, he would have received $ 6, 000 in lump sum payments.
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Expect a lump sum paid in advance, either per month, or year.
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In the third year the budget was not detailed under headings but awarded as a lump sum .
■ VERB
feel
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Melanie felt a lump in her throat; it was a touching and whole-hearted welcome.
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All my body parts felt like lumps of lead.
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I feel a dead lump inside me, a parcel of old and tired meat.
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If you can feel a lump , try pushing it gently upwards.
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The fear is that women who have a negative mammogram will disregard contrary evidence such as feeling a lump , Bredt said.
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I could feel a lump in my throat like solid sick.
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He felt a hard lump of anger in him.
find
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He found some lumps in his neck and went to get them checked out, thinking he had a virus.
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He was told not to find out what the lumps were.
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I can't find any other lumps anywhere.
pay
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If it is less than £1.05 a week, it will be paid as a lump sum once a year.
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It will pay out a healthy lump sum at the end of the term you choose, just when you need it.
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It is also possible to pay a lump sum premium to an insurance company which will pay out to the amount insured.
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He paid her a lump sum and set up a trust fund for daughter Angelique.
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But that much money will not be paid in one lump sum.
receive
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She also received a cash lump sum from her Personal Accident Policy.
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Dear Help Wanted: I may be receiving a lump sum of money to settle a workers' compensation claim.
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Usually, for every £1 of annual pension you give up at 60, you will receive a lump sum of £11.
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Under a block grant approach, each state would receive a lump sum to be divided any way the state chose.
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He's received a lump sum payment - believed to be a few thousand pounds.
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The average partner received a lump sum of $ 7. 8 million from the sale.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
like it or lump it
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He had a lump on his forehead the size of a golf ball.
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He put the gun in his pocket, where it made a slight lump .
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I was almost hit by a lump of rock that fell from the cliff.
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She saw a lump under the bedclothes.
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Stir the mixture until all the lumps are gone.
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The lump in Kay's breast turned out to be cancerous.
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There are a lot of lumps in this sauce.
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Throw a few more lumps of coal on the fire.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But what about those lavas that solidify into one homogeneous lump , without crystallizing?
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For a moment she said nothing, she just swallowed as if there were a lump in her throat.
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I got a little lump in my throat.
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In your frying pan melt a lump of butter.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All benefits and income from producing units were lumped together to establish overall feasibility.
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However, I warn people against lumping together pindown and what has been happening in Leicestershire.
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In addition, many minerals can be lumped into groups.
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Mercedes-Benz's proud engineers also loathe being lumped in with companies making everything from washing machines to weapons.
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She and a whole group of Communists whom the prosecutor had lumped together were to be tried later.
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They object to the two giants being lumped together simply because they are hugely ambitious, colossally expensive and largely Texan.
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This year marks the first time that the four industrial states have lumped their primaries together early in a campaign.
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Whole areas of property will be lumped into bands with no attempt at individual valuations.