Increase and Lump

Increase

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.

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Lump and increase are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lump" instead the word "Increase" as a verb or a noun.

Lump verb - To bring together in one body or place.

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Increase and lump are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Increase" instead the word "Lump" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: lumpy, lumpish, lumped, lumpen, lumping

solid	solid increase	solid lump
substantial	substantial increase	substantial lump
visible	visible increase	visible lump
simple	simple increase	simple lump
Other adjectives: sharp, small, massive, large, big, huge, infected, larger, strange, resulting.

Two, the Lump of Coal and the Itchy Sweater, merely increase the multiplier on cookie production by +1%.

Source: Video Game / Cookie Clicker
The patient exposed to cold temperatures was thought to have taken in a "lump" of cold which would increase the amount of phlegm, so any disease that caused a patient to produce phlegm was said to be caused by "catching cold".

Source: Catch Your Death of Cold
They are a post-scarcity society, thanks to their technology that can take a small object and increase its size (and mass), which means a small lump of a valuable mineral suddenly becomes a huge pile (essentially, a Matter Replicator).

Source: Higher-Tech Species

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