2 entries under this word

Lump

Lūmp, n.

noun

n. [O. D. lompe, piece, mass, allied to Eng. clump, q. v.]

A small mass of matter, of no definite shape; an irregular cake; as, a lump of sugar.
A mass of things blended or thrown together without order or distinction; as, copper, iron, gold, silver, lead, tin, promiscuously in one lump.

In the lump, the whole together; in gross. “They may buy my papers in the lump.” Addison.

Lŭmp, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. LUMPED (lŭmpt, 84); p. pr. & vb. n. LUMPING.] 1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars. The expenses ought to be lumped. Apliffe. 2. To take in the gross; to speak of collectively. Not forgetting all others, whom for brevity, but out of no resentment to you, I lump all together. Sterne.