cop | | |
n. (person) | 1. bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig | uncomplimentary terms for a policeman. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ police officer, policeman, officer | a member of a police force.; "it was an accident, officer" |
v. (possession) | 2. cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve | take by theft.; "Someone snitched my wallet!" |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
v. (contact) | 3. apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up | take into custody.; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" |
| ~ clutch, prehend, seize | take hold of; grab.; "The sales clerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals" |
lump | | |
n. (group) | 1. ball, chunk, clod, clump, glob, lump | a compact mass.; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" |
| ~ clot, coagulum | a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid. |
| ~ agglomeration | a jumbled collection or mass. |
| ~ gob | a lump of slimy stuff.; "a gob of phlegm" |
| ~ clew | a ball of yarn or cord or thread. |
n. (state) | 2. lump, puffiness, swelling | an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement. |
| ~ spermatocele | a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa. |
| ~ symptom | (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease. |
| ~ enlargement | the state of being enlarged. |
| ~ bloat | swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas. |
| ~ bunion | a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe. |
| ~ dropsy, edema, hydrops, oedema | swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities. |
| ~ haematocele, haematocoele, hematocele, hematocoele | swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis). |
| ~ intumescence, intumescency | swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion). |
| ~ iridoncus | swelling of the iris of the eye. |
| ~ lymphogranuloma | swelling of a lymph node. |
| ~ oscheocele, oscheocoele | swelling of the scrotum. |
| ~ tumidity, tumidness | slight swelling of an organ or part. |
n. (person) | 3. clod, gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum | an awkward stupid person. |
| ~ clumsy person | a person with poor motor coordination. |
n. (object) | 4. hunk, lump | a large piece of something without definite shape.; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal" |
| ~ nodule | (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment). |
| ~ nugget | a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth. |
| ~ part, piece | a portion of a natural object.; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" |
v. (contact) | 5. chunk, lump | put together indiscriminately.; "lump together all the applicants" |
| ~ accumulate, collect, compile, amass, hoard, roll up, pile up | get or gather together.; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" |
v. (cognition) | 6. chunk, collocate, lump | group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side. |
| ~ group | arrange into a group or groups.; "Can you group these shapes together?" |
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