Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lump together
Participle: lumped together
Gerund: lumping together
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lump together |
| you | lump together |
| he;she;it | lumps together |
| we | lump together |
| you | lump together |
| they | lump together |
Perfect
| I | have lumped together |
| you | have lumped together |
| he;she;it | has lumped together |
| we | have lumped together |
| you | have lumped together |
| they | have lumped together |
Past
| I | lumped together |
| you | lumped together |
| he;she;it | lumped together |
| we | lumped together |
| you | lumped together |
| they | lumped together |
Pluperfect
| I | had lumped together |
| you | had lumped together |
| he;she;it | had lumped together |
| we | had lumped together |
| you | had lumped together |
| they | had lumped together |
Future
| I | will lump together |
| you | will lump together |
| he;she;it | will lump together |
| we | will lump together |
| you | will lump together |
| they | will lump together |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lumped together |
| you | will have lumped together |
| he;she;it | will have lumped together |
| we | will have lumped together |
| you | will have lumped together |
| they | will have lumped together |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lump together |
| you | lump together |
| he;she;it | lump together |
| we | lump together |
| you | lump together |
| they | lump together |
Perfect
| I | have lumped together |
| you | have lumped together |
| he;she;it | have lumped together |
| we | have lumped together |
| you | have lumped together |
| they | have lumped together |
Imperfect
| I | lumped together |
| you | lumped together |
| he;she;it | lumped together |
| we | lumped together |
| you | lumped together |
| they | lumped together |
Pluperfect
| I | had lumped together |
| you | had lumped together |
| he;she;it | had lumped together |
| we | had lumped together |
| you | had lumped together |
| they | had lumped together |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lump together |
| you | would lump together |
| he;she;it | would lump together |
| we | would lump together |
| you | would lump together |
| they | would lump together |
Perfect
| I | would have lumped together |
| you | would have lumped together |
| he;she;it | would have lumped together |
| we | would have lumped together |
| you | would have lumped together |
| they | would have lumped together |
Imperative
| you | lump together |
| we | Let's lump together |
| you | lump together |
Verbs conjugated like 'lump'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lump'
bump,
clump,
dump,
flump,
glump,
hump,
jump,
lamp,
limp,
mump,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English lumpe, from a Germanic base akin to Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide, go, hang loosely”). Compare Dutch lomp (“rag”), German Low German Lump (“rag”), German Lumpen (“rag”) and Lump (“ragamuffin”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*limpaną', German, old spelling '
Lumpen'.
Sample Sentences
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People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.
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Most gays don't want to know about us, so lumping us in their support efforts is counter-productive at best. [1996 September, V. Maulsby, “The Importance of Outside Commnication to the Transgendered Inmate”, in Gay Community News, page 31:]
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Pellegrini’s decision to operate with both Edin Dzeko and Agüero in attack certainly looks misjudged bearing in mind that the first way to stop Barcelona is usually to try to crowd midfield and restrict space. Yet it would be wrong to lump all the blame on the manager’s tactics. [2015 February 24, Daniel Taylor, “Luis Suárez strikes twice as Barcelona teach Manchester City a lesson”, in The Guardian (London):]
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Well, a male body was brought to a certain surgeon by a man he had often employed, and the pair lumped it down on the dissecting table, and then the vendor received his money and went. [1876, Belgravia, volume 30, page 131:]
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I never ceased to be amazed at his prowess at being able to lump two-hundredweight sacks of coal, which seemed as big as he was, up perhaps four flights of narrow stairs [1999, Alf Goldberg, World's End for Sir Oswald: Portraits of Working-class Life in Pre-war London, Book Guild, →ISBN:]
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The Luftwaffe, at this point, was still refusing to play ball completely, however. But someone decided to lump Adolf Galland with command of the air operation, and he decided to work with Luftflotte 3, mobilizing their training units to make up the numbers, since large numbers of that particular formation's fighters had been diverted to the campaign in Russia, which was why the fighter numbers were so much lower than they had been the previous year. [2019 January 9, Drachinifel, 15:17 from the start, in The Channel Dash / Operation Cerberus - How to win through refuge in audacity, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2022:]
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If that's the only way you can fight, then you'd better be prepared to get lumped. [1962, Floyd Patterson, Victory Over Myself, page 63:]
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Thin the paint with mineral spirits for a medium consistency so that it will not drip or lump. [2004, Creative Gifts: Quick & Easy Projects, page 44:]