clump up
Bunch together messily
To clump up is to form into dense masses or clusters, often undesirably.
Mascara clumps up on eyelashes.
Rice clumps up if overcooked.
Cat litter is designed to clump up around moisture.
The phrase emphasizes the process of becoming clumpy rather than the resulting state: The sauce started to clump up when I added the flour too fast.
- bunchGrouped collection of items
- lumpShapeless solid mass
- ball upCrumple or bungle
- huddleClose protective gathering
- coagulateSolidify from liquid form
bunch together · wad · glob · cluster · pile up · swarm · clot · mass · agglomerate · merge · pod · shoal · gum up · curdle · mat · coalesce · crowd · stick
aggregation/dispersion
clump updisperse
Cause to spread apart
scatter · spread out · diffuse · distribute · dissipate
texture/consistency
clump upsmooth out
Eliminate irregularities
homogenize · emulsify · cream · liquefy