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adj
Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
a plump baby; plump cheeks
The god of wine did his plump clusters bring.
Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
After the plump statement that the author was at Erceldoune and spake with Thomas.
I've said so haven't I? Plump and plain.
Of a wine: giving the sensation of filling the mouth.
A plump wine, with an abundance of plum and berry characteristics and soft, round tannins. Easy to drink; ready on release.
verb
To grow plump; to swell out.
Her cheeks have plumped.
To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water
to plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles
To give a plumper (kind of vote).
To give (a vote), as a plumper.
To favor or decide in favor of.
A recent poll by the New York Times found that although most Brazilians plump for arch-rival Argentina as the team they most want to lose, the second-biggest group want Brazil itself to stumble.
verb
To cast or let drop (something) all at once, suddenly and heavily.
to plump a stone into water
To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
September 24, 1712, The Spectator No. 492, letter from a prude Dulcissa plumps into a chair.