LUMP, n. 1. A small mass of matter of no definite shape; as a lump of earth; a lump of butter; a lump of sugar.2. A mass of things blended or thrown together without order or distinction; as copper, iron, gold, silver, lead, tin, promiscuously in one lump.3. A cluster; as a lump of figs. 2Kings. 20.In the lump, the whole together; in gross.They may buy my papers in the lump.LUMP, v.t. 1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.The expenses ought to be lumped.2. To take in the gross.
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