lumped

Verb

lump (third-person singular simple present lumps, present participle lumping, simple past and past participle lumped)

1. (transitive) To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
   • People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.
2. (transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
   • 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
3. (transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
   • 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...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
4. (slang, transitive) To hit or strike (a person).
   • 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
5. (intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.
   • 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

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