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lump·y

(lŭm′pē)

adj. lump·i·er, lump·i·est

1. Covered or filled with lumps.

2. Thickset or cumbersome.

3. Exhibiting short jumbled waves; choppy: lumpy seas; a lumpy channel.

lump′i·ly adv.

lump′i·ness n.

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lumpy

(ˈlʌmpɪ)

adj, lumpier or lumpiest

1. full of or having lumps

2. (Nautical Terms) (esp of the sea) rough

3. (of a person) heavy or bulky

ˈlumpily adv

ˈlumpiness n

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lump•y

(ˈlʌm pi)

adj. lump•i•er, lump•i•est.

1. full of lumps: lumpy gravy.

2. covered with lumps, as a surface.

3. heavy or clumsy, as in movement or style; crude: a lumpy gait.

4. (of water) rough or choppy.

[1700–10]

lump′i•ly, adv.

lump′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	lumpy - like or containing small sticky lumps; "the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough" chunky unshapely - not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape; "a stout unshapely woman"
	2.	lumpy - having lumps; not smooth and even in texture; "lumpy gravy" uneven - not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"

lumpy

adjective bumpy, clotted, uneven, knobbly, grainy, curdled, granular, full of lumps How do you stop the rice from going lumpy?

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lumpy

adjective

Unwieldy or clumsy, especially due to excess weight:

cumbersome, cumbrous, heavy, lumpish, ponderous.

Translations

مُتَكَتِّل، حاثِر

hrudkovitý

klumpet

klumpig

grumeleux

kekkjóttur

grumoso informe globuloso

hrudkovitý

topak topak

多块状物的

lumpy

[ˈlʌmpɪ] ADJ (lumpier (compar) (lumpiest (superl))) [sauce] → grumoso, lleno de grumos; [bed] → desigual; [soil] → aterronado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

lumpy

[ˈlʌmpi] adj

[sauce, batter] → plein(e) de grumeaux

[mattress, cushion] → plein(e) de bosses

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

lumpy

adj (+er) liquid etc, mattress, cushion → klumpig; figure → pummelig, plump; to go lumpy (sauce, rice) → klumpen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

lumpy

[ˈlʌmpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (sauce) → grumoso/a; (mattress) → bitorzoluto/a

lump

(lamp) noun

1. a small solid mass of no particular shape. The custard was full of lumps and no-one would eat it.

2. a swelling. She had a lump on her head where she had hit it.

3. a small cube-shaped mass of sugar.

verb

(usually with together) to treat or think of as (all) alike.

ˈlumpy adjective

containing lumps. lumpy custard.

ˈlumpiness noun

lump sum

an amount of money given all at once, not in parts over a period of time.

if you don't like it, you can lump it

whether you like the situation or not, you will have to endure it.

lumpy

adj (comp -ier; super -iest) nodular (form), que tiene bolitas; — breasts senos grumosos, senos que tienen bolitas

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And it's a phrenology head (for science of the skull), which leads to Ted (Larry Lamb) and Steve (Denis Lawson) having a discussion about whose head is the lumpiest. Of course there are some immediate suspects, but the evidence leads them into the controversial world of cryopreservation - keeping "clinically dead" patients frozen to extend their life cycle.

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And it's a phrenology head (for science of the skull), which leads to Ted (Larry Lamb, right) and Steve (Denis Lawson) having a discussion of whose head is the lumpiest.