lump
Third Person
lumps
Present Participle
lumping
Past Tense
lumped
Past Participle
lumped
1
to put things together without sorting or organizing them carefully
transitive
- The children lumped their toys into a single pile, making it difficult to find specific items later.
- The students frequently lump their belongings together at the end of the school day.
- He recently lumped all the bills into a single stack on his desk.
- The chef often lumps ingredients together when cooking stir-fry dishes.
- They are lumping various tools and equipment into the toolbox for convenience.
Synonyms:
2
to group plants or animals together without paying attention to small differences between them
transitive
- The biologist lumped the various species of birds into one category.
- He tended to lump all insects together, even though they were very different.
- Scientists sometimes lump certain plants together, ignoring slight variations.
- They lumped the different types of fish into a single family despite their differences.
- When organizing the animals, she lumped all mammals into one section.