1 a small group of things or people very close together, especially trees or plants; a bunch of sth such as grass or hair:
a clump of trees / bushes
2 the sound made by sb putting their feet down very heavily:
I heard the heavy clump of feet on the stairs.
Part of speech: verb
1 [V+adv./prep.] (especially BrE) to put your feet down noisily and heavily as you walk:
The children clumped down the stairs.
2 ~ (together)
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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