lump vs plane

lump

noun
  • Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. 

  • A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body. 

  • A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful. 

  • A dull or lazy person. 

  • A beating or verbal abuse. 

  • A group, set, or unit. 

  • A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel. 

  • A kind of fish, the lumpsucker. 

verb
  • To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items). 

  • To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another. 

  • To hit or strike (a person). 

  • To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility. 

  • To form a lump or lumps. 

plane

noun
  • An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions. 

  • A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc. (Compare wing, airfoil, hydrofoil.) 

  • A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus. 

  • A level of existence or development. 

  • A sycamore. 

  • Any of 17 designated ranges of 2¹⁶ (65,536) sequential code points each. 

  • A level or flat surface. 

  • An airplane; an aeroplane. 

  • The butterfly Bindahara phocides, family Lycaenidae, of Asia and Australasia. 

  • A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. 

  • A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane). 

adj
  • Of a surface: flat or level. 

verb
  • To glide or soar. 

  • To smooth (wood) with a plane. 

  • To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water. 

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