1. lump - Noun
2. lump - Verb
A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.
A mass or aggregation of things.
To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.
To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going to make of it, a scythe, a sword, or an axe. Even so we ought to make up our minds what kind of virtue we want to forge or we labour in vain. Anthony the Great
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. Robert Frost
Lump the whole thing Say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michael Angelo. Mark Twain
A little leaven smoothes away the whole lump. Ivorian Proverb
A man doesn't escape from bees with a lump of honey in his hand. African Proverb
Only when you have crossed the river, can you say the crocodile has a lump on his snout. Ghana Proverb