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clump up

clump up verb: to become clumpy; to form a clump.

Verb

clump up (third-person singular simple present clumps up, present participle clumping up, simple past and past participle clumped up)

  1. (ambitransitive) To become clumpy; to form a clump.

Forms of clump up

third-person singular presentclumps up
present participleclumping up
past participleclumped up
pastclumped up

Questions about clump up

What does clump up mean?
Clump up means to become clumpy; to form a clump.
What part of speech is clump up?
Clump up is a verb.
What is the past tense of clump up?
The past tense of clump up is clumped up.

Words near clump up in the dictionary

  1. Clumber spaniels
  2. Clumbers
  3. clump
  4. clump block
  5. clump blocks
  6. clump up
  7. clumpable
  8. clumped
  9. clumped distribution
  10. clumped distributions
  11. clumped isotope

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