English dictionary
plump
/pl/@/mp/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a <i>plump</i> baby; <i>plump</i> cheeks.
Source: webster1913
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Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation; blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.
Source: webster1913
noun
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the sound of a sudden heavy fall
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a <i>plump</i> of trees, fowls, or spears.
Source: webster1913
adverb
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straight down especially heavily or abruptly
ExamplesThe anchor fell plump into the sea.
We dropped the rock plump into the water.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
ExamplesPleasingly plump.
Source: WordNet 3.0
verb
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drop sharply
Synonyms plummetSource: WordNet 3.0
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set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
Source: WordNet 3.0
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make fat or plump
ExamplesWe will plump out that poor starving child.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
ExamplesI plumped for the losing candidates.
Synonyms goSource: WordNet 3.0
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To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have <i>plumped</i>.
Source: webster1913
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To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with <i>up</i>.
Source: webster1913