PLUMP

plump

Noun

  1. A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.
    a plump of trees, fowls, or spears
    To visit islands and the plumps of men. — Chapman.

Verb

  1. To grow plump; to swell out.
    Her cheeks have plumped.
  2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
  3. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
  4. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.
    to plump a stone into water
  5. To give a plumper (kind of vote).
  6. To give (a vote), as a plumper.

Adjective

  1. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
    a plump baby; plump cheeks
  2. Fat.

Adverb

  1. Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.


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