Antonyms for lump together

Grammar : Verb

Spell : luhmp

Phonetic Transcription : lʌmp

Definition of lump together

Origin : early 14c., lumpe (1224 as surname), probably in Old English, perhaps from a Scandinavian source (cf. cognate Danish lumpe, 16c.), of unknown origin. Cf. also Middle High German lumpe, early modern Dutch lompe. Phrase lump in (one's) throat "feeling of tightness brought on by emotion" is from 1803. Lumps "hard knocks, a beating" is colloquial, from 1934. Lump sum, one covering a number of items, is from 1867.

As in join : verb unite
As in associate : verb connect in the mind

Example sentences :

Nor are these by any means all the elements we are accustomed to lump together into Town.
Extract from : « Civics: as Applied Sociology » by Patrick Geddes

It has been to lump together the heterogeneous mass of traditions embodied in the literature of a thousand years.
Extract from : « Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 » by W. E. Gladstone

All this we must lump together—it is, indeed, woven together almost inextricably—when we speak of home as a formative factor.
Extract from : « Mankind in the Making » by H. G. Wells

We might all have got sent down in a lump together for our parts in this curious little family drama.
Extract from : « Blood Royal » by Grant Allen

Synonyms for lump together

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