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English Dictionary: plump	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for plump
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plump adv straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water" adj sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; Synonym(s): chubby, embonpoint, plump n the sound of a sudden heavy fall v drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" [syn: plummet, plump] set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa" Synonym(s): plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" Synonym(s): fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates" Synonym(s): plump, go
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plump \Plump\, a. Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation; blunt; unreserved; direct; downright. After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake with Thomas. --Saintsbury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plump \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plump \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.[bd]Dulcissa plumps into a chair.[b8] --Spectator. 3. To {give} a plumper. See {Plumper}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plump \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plumping}.] 1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plump \Plump\ (pl[ucr]mp), a. [Compar. {Plumper} (-[etil]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plump \Plump\, adv. [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. {Plump}, a. & v.] Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. [bd]Fall plump.[b8] --Beau. & Fl.