lumps 1 of 2

noun

Definition of lumpsnext
plural of lump
1
as in chunks
a small uneven mass she dumped a lump of clay on the table and started to sculpt

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as in swellings
a small rounded mass of swollen tissue I got a good-sized lump on my head from that fall

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as in tumors
an abnormal mass of tissue advised by her doctor to examine her breasts regularly for unusual lumps

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as in defeats
failure to win a contest you can't win all the time, so learn to take your lumps in stride

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as in idiots
a stupid person gazed disgustedly at the lump her daughter had married

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as in hulks
a big clumsy often slow-witted person standing next to those ballet dancers, with their graceful way of moving, I felt like a lump

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lumps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lump
1
as in collects
to bring together in one body or place when we lumped all of our pocket change together, we found that we had just enough a buy a carton of ice cream

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as in shuffles
to move heavily or clumsily while I was on crutches, I was lumping about the house like an elephant

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lumps
  1. chunks
  2. tumors
  3. losers
  4. assembles
  5. losses
  6. setbacks
  7. gathers
  8. nodes
Noun
  • Large chunks of the pier were left floating in the water.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • For those of us on the outside, splitting the campaign into smaller chunks can offer us a bit more insight than simply looking at the league table, especially as the campaign progresses.
    Duncan Alexander, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • After the arduous grooming process, Angel was able to eat and rest, and a veterinarian checked her over, where she was found to have dental disease and an eye ulcer, along with ear infections, skin infections and mammary gland tumors.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Hormone receptor–positive tumors, the most common type of breast cancer, showed the strongest relationship with heart disease.
    Lisa Rapaport, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of tumors
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  • The Flyers limp into the Christmas break losers of four of their last five (1-4-0), with their lone win over Columbus on Saturday.
    Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This selective spending behavior has created a clear divide between winners and losers in the consumer and retail space.
    Randy Watts, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of losers
Verb
  • Apple also assembles the majority of iPhones, iPads and MacBooks and other accessories in China (in Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Zhengzhou), through its contract manufacturing partner, Foxconn.
    Shimite Obialo, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In this Christmas caper, fifth-grader Andy (Winslow Fegley) assembles a group of talented youngsters to game Santa’s system and prove that naughty is in the eye of the beholder.
    Sezín Devi Koehler, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of assembles
Noun
  • The Trail Blazers’ heavy losses on the court and sweeping changes throughout a once-proud organization are starting to wear on the 25-year-old guard.
    Jason Quick, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Fox perimeter foul on a 3-point shooter, leading to three should-be wins turning into losses during a catastrophic 0-5 homestand.
    Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of losses
Noun
  • Competing in a high-speed, high-pressure environment taught me to make the quick decisions necessary to grow a company while remaining strong in the face of setbacks.
    Tom Dunlop, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Despite these setbacks, MBM Motorsports is confident, banking on Wallace's past success at superspeedways to see them through.
    Lydia Mee, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of setbacks
Verb
  • Much of the tension in the story gathers around the mystery of Bea’s unbreakable devotion to this man.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • It’s set during the civil war in the Central African Republic in 2013, when on Christmas Eve, a desperate Muslim man seeks refuge at a field hospital, while a threatening Christian militia gathers outside, demanding his life.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
  • Nvidia and other leading companies are already focusing less on shrinking transistor nodes at the atomic level and more on performance gains across the full AI system, from the design of the chips themselves to the cooling systems used to integrate the hardware in data centers.
    Reva Goujon, Foreign Affairs, 27 Dec. 2024
  • With Venus spending the month in Pisces and the lunar nodes settling into the Pisces-Virgo axis for the next year and a half, partnership will be an area of emphasis for you in this new chapter, and what happens in January might well set the tone for this.
    Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2024
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