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Clump

An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

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Manner of action 3

Agglomerate 76% connected

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

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Bunch 76% connected

A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

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Huddle 76% connected

To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.

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Agglomeration 76% connected

The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.

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Assemble 76% connected

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

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Foregather 76% connected

Same as Forgather.

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Forgather 76% connected

To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Gather 76% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Sound 76% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

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Clew 76% connected

Alt. of Clue

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Clot 76% connected

A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum.

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Coagulum 76% connected

The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.

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Gob 76% connected

Same as Goaf.

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Knot 76% connected

A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.

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Swad 76% connected

A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.

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Tuft 76% connected

A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers.

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Tussock 76% connected

A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.

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Cluster 74% connected

A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

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Cluster 74% connected

A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

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Scrunch 74% connected

To scranch; to crunch.

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Scrunch 74% connected

To scranch; to crunch.

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Thud 74% connected

A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow…

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Thud 74% connected

A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow…

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Thump 74% connected

The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.

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Thump 74% connected

The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.

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Troop 74% connected

A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.

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Troop 74% connected

A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.

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Ball 92% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

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Bunch 92% connected

A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

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Bundle 92% connected

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; a…

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Chunk 92% connected

A short, thick piece of anything.

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Clod 92% connected

A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.

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Clomp 92% connected

See Clamp.

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Cluster 92% connected

A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

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Clustering 92% connected

of Cluster

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Constellate 92% connected

To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general light.

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Flock 92% connected

A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

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Lump 92% connected

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

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Thud 92% connected

A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow…

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Thump 92% connected

The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.

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Thumping 92% connected

of Thump

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