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Meaning of 'plump' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Plump [ a.]
- To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
- To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
- To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
2 . Plump [ a. & v.]
- Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
3 . Plump [ adv.]
- Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.
4 . Plump [ n.]
- A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears.
5 . Plump [ v. t.]
- To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
- To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
- To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.

Meaning of 'plump' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . plump [ v]
Meaning (1):
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
Example in sentence:
  • He planked himself into the sofa;
  • He planked the money on the table
Meaning (2):
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
Example in sentence:
  • I plumped for the losing candidates
Meaning (3):
- drop sharply
Example in sentence:
  • The stock market plummeted
Meaning (4):
- make fat or plump
Example in sentence:
  • We will plump out that poor starving child
5 . plump [ r]
Meaning (5):
- straight down especially heavily or abruptly
Example in sentence:
  • the anchor fell plump into the sea;
  • we dropped the rock plump into the water
6 . plump [ s]
Meaning (6):
- sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
Example in sentence:
  • a chubby child;
  • pleasingly plump

Nearby Words:

pluck plucked plucker pluckily pluckiness plucking pluckless plucky pluff plug

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