[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lump \lump\ lu^mp, n. cf. od. lompe piece, mass. cf.
   lunch.
   1. a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or
      shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. "
      a lump of cheese." --piers plowman. " this lump of clay."
      --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a mass or aggregation of things.
      1913 webster

   3. firearms a projection beneath the breech end of a gun
      barrel.
      1913 webster

   in the lump,

   in a lump, the whole together; in gross.
      1913 webster

            they may buy them in the lump.        --addison.

   lump coal, coal in large lumps; -- the largest size brought
      from the mine.

   lump sum,
      a a gross sum without a specification of items; as, to
          award a lump sum in satisfaction of all claims and
          damages.
      b a single sum paid once in satisfaction of a claim, as
          contrasted with the alternate choice of several
          payments over a period of time; -- sometimes allowed,
          e.g., as an alternative to periodical pension payments
          for a lifetime.
          1913 webster
see also:
lunch in the lump in a lump lump coal lump sum 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lump \lump\, v. i. imp.  p. p. lumped; p. pr.  vb. n.
   lumping.
   1. to throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without
      distinction of particulars.
      1913 webster

            the expenses ought to be lumped together. --ayliffe.
      1913 webster

   2. to take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
      1913 webster

            not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity,
            but out of no resentment to you, i lump all
            together.                             --sterne.
      1913 webster

   3. to get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if
      he doesn't like it, he can lump it. low
      1913 webster
see also:
lumped lumping 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

lump
     n 1: a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk
          of bread"; "a lump of coal" syn: hunk
     2: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
        syn: ball, clod, glob, clump, chunk
     3: abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement syn: swelling,
         puffiness
     4: an awkward stupid person syn: lout, clod, stumblebum,
         goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, gawk
     v 1: put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the
          applicants" syn: chunk
     2: group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by
        side syn: collocate, chunk
see also:
hunk ball clod glob clump chunk 
swelling puffiness lout stumblebum goon 
oaf lubber lummox gawk collocate 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

314 moby thesaurus words for "lump":
   abide, abide with, accumulation, acervation, agglomerate,
   agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, allow, amassment, barrel,
   batch, bear, bear with, beard, bide, bilge, bit, blain, bleb,
   blend, blimp, blister, blob, block, body, boil, boss, bow, brave,
   brook, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulk, bulla, bump, bunch, bunion, burl,
   butt, butterfingers, button, cahot, cake, carbuncle, chine, chip,
   chunk, clabber, clip, clipping, clod, clot, clump, clumsy, cluster,
   coagulate, collect, collop, colophon, combine, comeuppance,
   concavity, concrete, concretion, condyle, congeal, congeries,
   conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, consolidate, convex,
   convexity, corn, crumb, cube, cumulation, curd, curdle, cut,
   cutting, cyst, dactylogram, dactylograph, dent, deserts, deserving,
   digest, dilatation, dilation, dint, distension, dollop, dowel, dub,
   due, duffer, ear, edema, embossment, end, endure, excrescence,
   fatty, fingerprint, flange, flap, footmark, footprint, footstep,
   foozler, fossil footprint, foul-up, fragment, fumble-fist,
   furuncle, gall, gathering, gawk, gel, gelatinate, gelatinize,
   glomeration, gnarl, gob, gobbet, goof, goofball, goofer, group,
   growth, handle, hang in, hang in there, hang tough, heap, heavy,
   heavyweight, hick, hill, hippo, hump, hunch, hunk, ichnite,
   ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, incrassate, indent,
   indentation, indention, inspissate, intumescence, jell, jellify,
   jelly, jog, joggle, join, klutz, knob, knot, knur, knurl, lip,
   loaf, lobster, looby, loop, lopper, lot, lout, lubber, lummox,
   lump it, lump together, mass, merit, mix, modicum, moiety, mole,
   morsel, mountain, much, muff, muffer, nevus, node, nodule, nub,
   nubbin, nubble, nugget, oaf, pad, palooka, papilloma, paring,
   particle, pat, paw print, pawmark, peck, peg, persevere, piece,
   pile, pimple, pock, portion, potbelly, power, print, prominence,
   protrusion, protuberance, pug, pugmark, pustule, put together,
   put up with, quantity, rasher, rib, ridge, rights, ring, rising,
   roly-poly, rube, scoop, scrap, seal, sebaceous cyst, set, shard,
   shaving, shiver, shoulder, shred, sight, sigil, signet, slice,
   sliver, slob, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, snowball,
   solid, solid body, spine, splinter, stamp, stand, stand for, step,
   stick, stitch, stockpile, stomach, stud, stumblebum, stumblebunny,
   stump, style, suffer, support, sustain, swagbelly, swallow, swell,
   swelling, swollenness, tab, take, take up with, tatter, thick,
   thicken, throw together, thumbmark, thumbprint, tolerate, tub,
   tub of lard, tubercle, tubercule, tumefaction, tumescence,
   tumidity, tumor, tun, turgescence, turgescency, turgidity, unite,
   verruca, vesicle, vestige, wad, wale, wart, wedge, welt, wen

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