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lumpening

lumpening is the present participle and gerund of lumpen.

Meaning of lumpen

Verb

lumpen (third-person singular simple present lumpens, present participle lumpening, simple past and past participle lumpened)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become like lumps; make or become lumpy
    • They had chicken soup with the matzo meal balls a little lumpened by hurry, challah, roast chicken, kasha, honey-cake.1959, Harold Uriel Ribalow, The chosen, page 298

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Questions about lumpening

What is lumpening the present participle and gerund of?
Lumpening is the present participle and gerund of lumpen.

Words near lumpening in the dictionary

  1. lumpen
  2. lumpenbourgeois
  3. lumpenbourgeoisie
  4. lumpenbourgeoisies
  5. lumpened
  6. lumpening
  7. lumpenintelligentsia
  8. lumpenism
  9. lumpenly
  10. lumpenprole
  11. lumpenproles

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