clumping up
Gathering into masses
Clumping up describes things gathering into irregular masses or clusters.
Wet ingredients clump up when poorly mixed: The flour clumped up in the batter.
Cat litter clumps up when wet.
Hair clumps up with product or humidity.
People clump up when they congregate in tight groups rather than spreading out: Everyone clumped up near the entrance.
- crowdsAssembled multitudes
- lumpsIrregular solid masses
- particlesMinute pieces of matter
- cellsBasic biological units
- mobsChaotic, lawless gatherings
granules · droplets · aggregates · sediment · debris · dust bunnies · cat hair · matting · masses · balling up · sticking together · agglomerating · fungi · traffic jam · pile up · assemblies · herd mentality · herds
clumping upspreading out
Expanding across space
scattering · dispersing · diffusing · disseminating · thinning out
clumping upseparating
Dividing into parts
dissolving · disintegrating · disaggregating · crumbling · fragmenting
clumping upspreading out
Expanding across space
dispersing · fanning out · scattering · separating · splitting up