Past tense of lump
regular verb
The past tense of lump is lumped. The past participle is also lumped.
Forms of lump
| Base form (V1) | lump /lʌmp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | lumped |
| Past participle (V3) | lumped |
| Present participle | lumping /ˈlʌmpɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | lumps |
Lumped in a sentence
- 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
- Due to the strong interactions between these distinct processes, they can be confused or lumped together.2021, Stephen Grossberg, Conscious Mind, Resonant Brain: How Each Brain Makes a Mind, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry STM
- Sometimes the Hadean, Archean and Proterozoic are lumped together in a supereon called the Precambrian.2015, Charles S. Cockell, Astrobiology: Understanding Life in the Universe, page 254. From the entry supereon
- Although often lumped together, spirulina is a blue-green algae whereas chlorella is a green algae.2006, Andi Brown, The Whole Pet Diet: Eight Weeks to Great Health for Dogs and Cats, page 144. From the entry algae
- The data are either lumped or unlumped.1991, Michael J. Reiss, The Allometry of Growth and Reproduction, page 92. From the entry unlumped
Meaning of lump
- noun Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
- noun A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
- noun A group, set, or unit.
Questions about the past tense of lump
- What is the past tense of lump?
- The past tense of lump is lumped.
- What is the past participle of lump?
- The past participle of lump is lumped.
- Is lump a regular or irregular verb?
- Lump is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lump (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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