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Lumping
(gcide) | Lump \Lump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lumped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lumping.]
1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without
distinction of particulars.
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The expenses ought to be lumped together. --Ayliffe.
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2. To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
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Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity,
but out of no resentment to you, I lump all
together. --Sterne.
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3. To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if
he doesn't like it, he can lump it. [Low]
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Lumping
(gcide) | Lumping \Lump"ing\, a.
Bulky; heavy. --Arbuthnot.
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plumping
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slumping
(encz) | slumping,klesající adj: Zdeněk Brožslumping,sesutí Zdeněk Brož |
plumping
(gcide) | Floating \Float"ing\, n.
1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
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2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight.
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3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by
placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also
fattening, plumping, and laying out.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Floating chargePlump \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plumping.]
1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
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To plump up the hollowness of their history with
improbable miracles. --Fuller.
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2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as,
to plump a stone into water.
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3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
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Plumping
(gcide) | Floating \Float"ing\, n.
1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
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2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight.
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3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by
placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also
fattening, plumping, and laying out.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Floating chargePlump \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plumping.]
1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
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To plump up the hollowness of their history with
improbable miracles. --Fuller.
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2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as,
to plump a stone into water.
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3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
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Slumping
(gcide) | Slump \Slump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slumping.] [Scot. slump a dull noise produced by something
falling into a hole, a marsh, a swamp.]
1. To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a
surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground,
a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.
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The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which
unawares they may slump. --Barrow.
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2. To slide or slip on a declivity, so that the motion is
perceptible; -- said of masses of earth or rock.
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3. To undergo a slump, or sudden decline or falling off; as,
the stock slumped ten points. [Colloq.]
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clumping
(wn) | clumping
n 1: the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
[syn: clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping,
clunking, clumping] |
plumping
(wn) | plumping
adj 1: very large; of exceptional size for its kind; "won by a
plumping majority" |
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