clump
US: /ˈkɫəmp/
UK: /klˈʌmp/
UK: /klˈʌmp/
English Vietnamese dictionary
clump /klʌmp/
- danh từ
- lùm, bụi (cây)
- cục, hòn (đất)
- khúc (gỗ)
- tiếng bước nặng nề
- miếng da phủ gót (giày) ((cũng) clump sole)
- ngoại động từ
- trồng (cây) thành bụi
- kết thành khối; kết thành cục
- đóng miếng da phủ gót (vào gót giày)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a small group of things or people very close together, especially trees or plants; a bunch of sth such as grass or hair: a clump of trees / bushes
2 the sound made by sb putting their feet down very heavily: I heard the heavy clump of feet on the stairs.
+ verb
1 [V +adv./prep.] (especially BrE) to put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk: The children clumped down the stairs.
2 ~ (together)
~ A and B (together) to come together or be brought together to form a tight group: [V] Galaxies tend to clump together in clusters. [also VN]
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 lump, mass, clod, chunk, hunk, wad, gob, Colloq glob:
As the soup cooled, clumps of fat formed on its surface.
2 bunch, cluster; thicket, copse; wood, Chiefly Brit spinney:
The deer disappeared into a clump of trees. That clump will provide good cover for us.
v.
3 lump, mass, heap, collect, gather, bunch, pile:
She wore her hair clumped on top her head.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
great, large | little, small | dense
These plants quickly form dense clumps.
| straggling, tangled
VERB + CLUMP
form
PREP.
in a/the ~
situated in a clump of trees
| ~ of
great clumps of rhododendrons
Concise English dictionary
clumps|clumped|clumpingklʌmp
noun
+a grouping of a number of similar things
+a compact mass
+a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
verb
+make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
+come together as in a cluster or flock
+walk clumsily
+gather or cause to gather into a cluster
