1. a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
2. a protuberance or swelling: a blow that raised a lump on his head.
3. an aggregation, collection, or mass; clump: All the articles were piled in a great lump.
4. a small block of granulated sugar, designed for sweetening hot coffee, tea, etc.: How many lumps do you take in your coffee?
5. the greater part or number; a large number: The great lump of voters are still undecided.
6. harsh criticism, punishment, or defeat: The new theory came in for some lumps when other scholars heard of it.
7. a heavy, clumsy, and usually stupid person.

8. in the form of a lump or lumps: lump sugar.
9. made up of a number of items taken together; not separated or considered separately: The debts were paid in one lump sum.

10. to unite into one aggregation, collection, or mass (often followed by together): We lumped the reds and blues together.
11. to deal with, handle, consider, etc., in the lump or mass: to lump unrelated matters indiscriminately.
12. to make into a lump or lumps: to lump dough before shaping it into loaves.
13. to raise into or cover with lumps: a plow lumping the moist earth.

14. to form or raise a lump or lumps: Stir the gravy so that it doesn't lump.
15. to move heavily and awkwardly: The big oaf lumped along beside me.

16. to receive or endure hardship, punishment, criticism, etc.: Without its star pitcher, the baseball team will get its lumps today.

1. to put up with; resign oneself to; accept and endure: If you don't like it, you can lump it.

1. a small solid mass without definite shape
2. any small swelling or tumour
3. a collection of things; aggregate
4. an awkward, heavy, or stupid person
5. punishment, defeat, or reverses
6. the lump British
• self-employed workers in the building trade considered collectively, esp with reference to tax and national insurance evasion
• (as modifier)
7. in the form of a lump or lumps
8. a tight dry feeling in one's throat, usually caused by great emotion

9. to collect into a mass or group
10. to grow into lumps or become lumpy
11. to consider as a single group, often without justification
12. to make or cause lumps in or on
13. to move or proceed in a heavy manner

1. to tolerate or put up with; endure (in the phrase lump it)

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