adj
Meaning 1
Full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I don't know which was worse, the lumpy soup or the lumpy bed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lumpy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈlʌmpi/
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rhymes with -ʌmpi
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CMU ARPABET: L AH1 M P IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of a water surface: covered in many small waves as a result of wind; choppy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
having lumps; not smooth and even in texture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- lumpy gravy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
like or containing small sticky lumps
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chunky
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English lump Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English lumpy From lump + -y.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُتَكَتِّل (mutakattil) — full of lumps
- Bulgarian: на буци (na buci) — full of lumps
- Catalan: grumollós — full of lumps
- Czech: hrudkovitý — full of lumps
- Czech: žmolkovitý — full of lumps
- Czech: chuchvalcovitý — full of lumps
- Finnish: nystyräinen — full of lumps
- French: grumeleux — full of lumps
- German: klumpig — full of lumps
- Ingrian: känkykäs — full of lumps
- Irish: fadharcánach — full of lumps
- Irish: cnapánach — full of lumps
- Old Irish: cnoccach — full of lumps
- Latin: tūberōsus — full of lumps
- Māori: hōpūpū — full of lumps
- Māori: huahua — full of lumps
- Māori: pōkurukuru — full of lumps
- Māori: pukupuku — full of lumps
- Norwegian Bokmål: klumpete — full of lumps
- Norwegian Nynorsk: klumpete — full of lumps
- Serbo-Croatian: грудвичаст — full of lumps
- Serbo-Croatian: grudvičast — full of lumps
- Spanish: grumoso — full of lumps
- Swedish: klimpig — full of lumps
- Bulgarian: накъдрен (nakǎdren) — characteristic of a watery surface covered by many small waves because of wind, choppy
- Māori: hīngarungaru — characteristic of a watery surface covered by many small waves because of wind, choppy
- Māori: hīnarunaru — characteristic of a watery surface covered by many small waves because of wind, choppy
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