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Meaning of 'plum' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Plum [ n.]
- The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
- A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
- A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of £100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it.

Meaning of 'plum' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . plum [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a highly desirable position or assignment
Example in sentence:
  • a political plum
2 . plum [ r]
Meaning (2):
- completely; used as intensifiers
Example in sentence:
  • clean forgot the appointment;
  • I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out
Meaning (3):
- exactly
Example in sentence:
  • fell plumb in the middle of the puddle;
  • he fell flop on his face

Nearby Words:

pluck plucked plucker pluckily pluckiness plucking pluckless plucky pluff plug

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