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A shape that gave up halfway through becoming something.
means A compact, formless mass of something solid, or a swelling on the body.
from From Middle English, kin to Scandinavian and German words for a clumsy chunk — language imitating the thud.
Sugar unitA lump once meant one standardized cube of sugar.
Throat lumpThat choke-up feeling is muscles tensing against tears.
Lump sumMoney paid all at once, not dribbled out.