lump vs wallflower

lump

noun
  • A dull or lazy person. 

  • 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 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. 

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

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. 

wallflower

noun
  • Any person who is socially awkward, shy, or reserved. 

  • A person who does not dance at a party, due to shyness or unpopularity; by extension, anyone who is left on the sidelines while an activity takes place. 

  • Any of several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum genus with bright yellow to red flowers. 

  • Gastrolobium grandiflorum, a poisonous bushy shrub, endemic to Australia. 

verb
  • To stand shyly apart from a dance, waiting to be asked to join in. 

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