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Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.

Example: Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.

A group, set, or unit.

Example: The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.

A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.

Example: Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?

A dull or lazy person.

Example: Don't just sit there like a lump.

To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).

Example: People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.

To bear a heavy or awkward burden; to carry something unwieldy from one place to another.

To hit or strike (a person).