clump
noun
a small, close group or cluster, especially of trees or other plants.
have clumped
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present perfectof clump.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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These atoms would have clumped together into immense clouds under gravity and eventually formed Population III stars.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 13, 2023
If it were not for mass, all of the fundamental particles that make up atoms and would whiz around at light speed and the Universe as we know it would never have clumped into matter.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2012
Even 20 billion years is not enough time for thousands of galaxies to have clumped together in the way the theory says.
From Time Magazine Archive
