clump

n.

1. A clustered mass; a lump: clumps of soil.
2. A thick grouping, as of trees or bushes.
3. A heavy dull sound; a thud.

v., clumped, clump·ing, clumps.

v.intr.

1. To form lumps or thick groupings.
2. To walk or move so as to make a heavy dull sound.

v.tr.

To gather into or form lumps or thick groupings of.

[Probably Low German klump, from Middle Low German klumpe, cluster of trees.]

clumpy clump'y adj.

noun

1. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size: chunk, clod, gob, hunch, lump, nugget, wad. Informal hunk. See part/whole.
2. A number of individuals making up or considered a unit: array, band, batch, bevy, body, bunch, bundle, cluster, clutch, collection, group, knot, lot, party, set. See group.

verb

1. To move heavily: galumph, hulk, lumber, lump, stump. See move/halt.
2. To make a dull sound by or as if by striking a surface with a heavy object: clomp, clunk, thud. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

The aggregation of particles, such as bacteria or other cells, into irregular masses.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - klump, klynge, trampen
v. intr. - klumpe sammen, trampe, jokke
v. tr. - plante i klynge, slå

idioms:

• clump together    få til at klumpe sig sammen, plante i klynge

Nederlands (Dutch)
klont, groep van bomen/ planten, klonteren, spiegelzool, met zware tred lopen, ophopen, samen planten

Français (French)
n. - touffe, motte, bruit sourd
v. intr. - tomber avec fracas sur
v. tr. - tomber avec fracas, planter (qch) en groupes

idioms:

• clump together    planter (qch) en groupes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Klumpen, Büschel, Gruppe
v. - trampeln, (Slang) schlagen

idioms:

• clump together    (ver)klumpen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (συμπαγής) μάζα, συστάδα, σύδεντρο, (διπλή) σόλα, πέλμα
v. - συγκεντρώνω/-ομαι σε μάζα, σχηματίζω μάζα, πυκνοφυτεύω, βαριοπατώ, καρπαζώνω

idioms:

• clump together    συναθροίζομαι, μαζεύομαι

Italiano (Italian)
zolla

idioms:

• clump together    ammucchiare, raffazzonare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bloco (m), arvoredo (m)
v. - plantar em moitas, andar pesadamente

idioms:

• clump together    agrupar

Русский (Russian)
куча, тяжелая поступь

idioms:

• clump together    сваливать в кучу

Español (Spanish)
n. - grupo, mata, macizo
v. intr. - agrupar, arracimar
v. tr. - agruparse, arracimarse

idioms:

• clump together    amontonar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - buskage, klump, klamp
v. - planera ihop, klumpa ihop, dubbelbottna skor, smocka till (vard.), klampa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
丛, 笨重的脚步声, 块, 以沉重的步子行走, 形成一丛, 使成一丛, 使凝结成块

idioms:

• clump together    挤在一起

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 叢, 笨重的腳步聲, 塊
v. intr. - 以沈重的步子行走, 形成一叢
v. tr. - 使成一叢, 使凝結成塊

idioms:

• clump together    擠在一起

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수풀, 덩어리, 무거운 발걸음 소리
v. intr. - 떼를 짓다, 쿵쿵 걷다
v. tr. - 떼를 짓게 하다, 응집시키다

idioms:

• clump together    떼를 짓게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 木立, やぶ, 塊り, 凝集塊, 重い足音, 殴打, 群れ, 茂み
v. - 群がらせる, 凝集させる, 群がる, 凝集する, 重い足取りで歩く

idioms:

• clump together    固まって群がる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مجموعه (أشجار أو أزهار) (فعل) يسير بخطى ثقيله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סבך-שיחים, גוש, קול, חבטה, סוליה עבה‬
v. intr. - ‮פסע בכבדות, שתל בקבוצות, התקבץ לגוש, התאשכל‬
v. tr. - ‮שתל בקבוצות‬

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