Толковый словарь английского языка - lump
Lump
lump
I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century a piece or mass of indefinite size and shape, 2. aggregate , totality , majority , protuberance , a person who is heavy and awkward, 5. plural beatings, bruises , defeat , loss , II. verb Date: 1624 transitive verb to group indiscriminately, to make into ~s, to move noisily and clumsily, intransitive verb to become formed into ~s, to move oneself noisily and clumsily, III. adjective Date: circa 1700 not divided into parts ; entire , IV. transitive verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1791 to put up with
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a compact shapeless or unshapely mass. 2 sl. a quantity or heap. 3 a tumour, swelling, or bruise. 4 a heavy, dull, or ungainly person. 5 (prec. by the) Brit. casual workers in the building and other trades. --v. 1 tr. (usu. foll. by together, with, in with, under, etc.) mass together or group indiscriminately. 2 tr. carry or throw carelessly (lumping crates round the yard). 3 intr. become lumpy. 4 intr. (usu. foll. by along) proceed heavily or awkwardly. 5 intr. (usu. foll. by down) sit down heavily. Phrases and idioms in the lump taking things as a whole; in a general manner. lump in the throat a feeling of pressure there, caused by emotion. lump sugar sugar shaped into lumps or cubes. lump sum 1 a sum covering a number of items. 2 money paid down at once (opp. INSTALMENT). Derivatives lumper n. (in sense 2 of v.). Etymology: ME, perh. of Scand. orig. 2. v.tr. colloq. endure or suffer (a situation) ungraciously. Phrases and idioms like it or lump it put up with something whether one likes it or not. Etymology: imit.: cf. dump, grump, etc. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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