clumped
Gathered in masses
Clumped describes things that have gathered or stuck together in irregular masses.
Hair clumped with sweat, soil clumped after rain, cells clumped under a microscope.
The past tense of clump, it suggests aggregation without neat arrangement: Her mascara had clumped.
People clump together when they form tight, informal groups: Protesters clumped near the entrance.
Grouped tightly together
- clusteredGathered closely together
- groupedArranged by similarity
- gatheredBrought into one place
- massedCollected in quantity
huddled · collected · bundled · heaped · piled · congregated · accumulated · assembled
Having irregular bumps
- chunkyThick and lumpy
- gloopyThick and semi-liquid
- gloppyUnpleasantly thick and sticky
- curdledSolidified into lumps
thickened · congealed · viscous · gummy · clotted · gelatinous · pasty · doughy
Unable to move
- bondedFastened or emotionally connected
- fusedJoined by melting together
- mattedTangled into clumps
- cakedDried into a hard coating
clung · plastered · gummed · coagulated · congealed · glued · cemented · cohered
Tangled into clumps
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- knottedTied with loops
- snarledGrowled or knotted
- rattyWorn and unkempt
bedraggled · uncombed · stringy · unkempt · tousled · disheveled · dreadlocked · felted
bunched
Grouped tightly together
massed · huddled · collected · bundled · heaped · piled · congregated · accumulated · assembled · agglomerated
lumpy
Having irregular bumps
curdled · thickened · congealed · viscous · gummy · clotted · gelatinous · pasty · doughy · globby
stuck
Unable to move
caked · clung · plastered · gummed · coagulated · congealed · glued · cemented · cohered · welded
matted
Tangled into clumps
ratty · bedraggled · uncombed · stringy · unkempt · tousled · disheveled · dreadlocked · felted · gnarled
compacted
Pressed into less space
- waterloggedSaturated with liquid
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- hardpanImpenetrable subsurface stratum
tilled · aerated · drainage · rootbound · sodden · muddy · packed · dense · impacted · hardened
- grouped togethergathered, collected, bundled, clustered, grouped
- distributionsnormal, uniform, binomial, exponential, bell curve
- clumping upCoalescing into lumps
- clumped upGathered into thick masses
- clump upForm into masses
- clumping litterCat sand that solidifies