"clump up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: clumps up [present, singular, third-person], clumping up [participle, present], clumped up [participle, past], clumped up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} clump up (third-person singular simple present clumps up, present participle clumping up, simple past and past participle clumped up)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To become clumpy; to form a clump. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-clump_up-en-verb-wOzJTPbu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for clump up meaning in English (1.1kB)

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