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Meaning and definition for "plump" word
[adv] (informal) straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water"
[adjective] euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump"
[verb] give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates"
[verb] make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child"
[verb] set (something or oneself) down; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa"
[verb] drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted"
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\Plump\ (pl[u^]mp), a. [Compar. {Plumper} (-[~e]r); superl. {Plumpest}.] [OE. plomp rude, clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of imitative origin. Cf. {Plump}, adv.] Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. --Shak. The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. --T. Carew.
\Plump\, n. A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.] To visit islands and the plumps of men. --Chapman.
\Plump\, v. i. [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa, Dan. plumpe. See {Plump}, a.] 1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped. 2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.``Dulcissa plumps into a chair.'' --Spectator. 3. To {give} a plumper. See {Plumper}, 2.
\Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plumping}.] 1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up. To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. --Fuller. 2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water. 3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See {Plumper}, 2.
\Plump\, adv. [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. {Plump}, a. & v.] Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. ``Fall plump.'' --Beau. & Fl.
Synonyms for plump
buxom, chubby, embonpoint, fat, fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, flump, go, plank, plonk, plop, plummet, plump down, plump out, plunk, plunk down, zaftig, zoftig
See also: alter | change | choose | drop | feed | give | noise | pick out | place down | put down | select | set down | take |
Related terms: beamy, beefy, chunky, fatten, kerplunk, knead, limber, lusty, pitter-patter, plop, poll, pounce, right, rotund, sharp, slap, soften up, stout, submerge, thump, toss, well-fed
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Let's analyse "plump" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and One vowel. 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: PMULP. Average typing speed for these characters is 1295 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
plump: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three. |
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