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clumpy

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clump  (klmp)
n.
1. A clustered mass; a lump: clumps of soil.
2. A thick grouping, as of trees or bushes.
3. A heavy dull sound; a thud.
v. clumped, clump·ing, clumps
v.intr.
1. To form lumps or thick groupings.
2. To walk or move so as to make a heavy dull sound.
v.tr.
To gather into or form lumps or thick groupings of.

[Probably Low German klump, from Middle Low German klumpe, cluster of trees.]

clumpy adj.
Translations
clumpy [ˈklʌmpɪ] ADJ (clumpier (compar) (clumpiest (superl))) [shoes] → grandón, grandote
clumpy
adj shoesklobig


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The same sort of clumpy structures form when a bottle of oil and vinegar is turned upside down.
Dull chopper knives also contribute to problems the following planting season, when field cultivators plug and leave clumpy, uneven fields due to stringy, uncut crop residue.
Sometimes my period is really light, and then it gets havey and even clumpy.
 
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