plump

UK /plʌmp/ US /plʌmp/
verb 7adj 3noun 3adv 1name 1

Definitions

adj

1

Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

a plump baby; plump cheeks

The god of wine did his plump clusters bring.

2

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.

3

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

1

To grow plump; to swell out.

Her cheeks have plumped.

2

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

3

To give a plumper (kind of vote).

4

To give (a vote), as a plumper.

5

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

1

To cast or let drop (something) all at once, suddenly and heavily.

to plump a stone into water

2

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.

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