Plump

[plʌmp]

Definition

(noun.) the sound of a sudden heavy fall.

(verb.) give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; 'I plumped for the losing candidates'.

(adv.) straight down especially heavily or abruptly; 'the anchor fell plump into the sea'; 'we dropped the rock plump into the water'.

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Definition

(adv.) Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.

(n.) A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears.

(a.) To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.

(a.) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.

(a.) To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.

(v. t.) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.

(v. t.) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.

(v. t.) To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.

(a. & v.) Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Stout, corpulent, portly, fat, bouncing, chubby, fleshy, round, bonny, obese, burly, in good case.[2]. Complete, full, downright, direct, unqualified.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Well-conditioned, wellrounded, chubby, strapping, bouncing, fleshy, brawny,full, fat, round, massive, portly

ANT:Ill-conditioned, lean, emaciated, scraggy, weazen, macilent, lank, rawboned,shrivelled, flaccid, tabid

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Definition

n. a cluster: a clump (of persons or things).

adv. falling straight downward (like lead): heavily: suddenly.—adj. downright: unqualified.—v.i. to fall or sink suddenly: to give all one's votes to one candidate where there are more than one to be elected.—v.t. to cause to fall suddenly.—n. (Scot.) a sudden downfall of rain.—n. Plump′er a vote given to one candidate only when more than one are to be elected: one who so votes: (slang) a downright lie.—adv. Plump′ly fully without reserve.

adj. fat and rounded: sleek: in good condition.—v.i. to grow fat or plump: to swell.—v.t. to make plump: to fatten.—ns. Plump′er a ball kept in the mouth to give the cheeks a rounded appearance; Plump′ness.—adj. Plump′y (Shak.) plump fat.

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