plump

plump ¹  (plmp)

adj. plump·er, plump·est

1. Well-rounded and full in form; chubby. See Synonyms at fat.

2. Abundant; ample: a plump reward.

v. plumped, plump·ing, plumps

v.tr.

To make well-rounded or full in form: plumped up the pillows.

v.intr.

To become well-rounded, chubby, or full in form: The baby plumped out at three months.

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[Middle English, dull, probably from Middle Low German plomp, blunt, thick.]

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plumpish adj.

plumply adv.

plumpness n.

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plump ²  (plmp)

v. plumped, plump·ing, plumps

v.intr.

1. To drop abruptly or heavily: plumped into the easy chair.

2. To give full support or praise: plumped for the candidate throughout the state.

v.tr.

To throw down or drop (something) abruptly or heavily: plumped the books onto the table.

n.

1. A heavy or abrupt fall or collision.

2. The sound of a heavy fall or collision.

adj.

Blunt; direct.

adv.

1. With a heavy or abrupt drop: The anchor fell plump into the sea.

2.

a. With a full or sudden impact: walked plump into the pole.

b. Directly: ran plump into an old friend.

3. Without qualification; bluntly: spoke out plump for the tax bill.

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[Middle English plumpen, to immerse quickly, perhaps from Middle Low German, probably of imitative origin.]

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plump ¹

Adjective

full or rounded: until puberty I was really quite plump

Verb

(often foll. by up, out)to make (something) fuller or rounded: she plumped up the cushions on the couch [Middle Dutch plomp blunt]

plumpness n

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plump ²

Verb

1. (often foll. by down, into)etc. to drop or sit suddenly and heavily: he plumped down on the seat

2. plump for to choose one from a selection

Noun

a heavy abrupt fall or the sound of this

Adverb

1. suddenly or heavily

2. directly: the plane landed plump in the middle of the field

3. in a blunt, direct, or decisive manner [probably imitative]

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Plump a knot; a tuft; a cluster; a number joined together in one mass—Johnson, 1755; a compact body of persons, animals, or things. See also bunch, clump, company, flock, etc.

Examples: plump of coleworts; of conjectures and great presumptions, 1553; of green corn, 1575; of deeps (the oceans), 1535; of ducks, 1854; of folk, 1489; of hazelnuts; of moorhens; of pains, 1568; of resolution, 1659; of seals, 1591; of spearmen, 1548; of trees, 1615; of orchard trees, 1868; of whales, 1834; of wild fowl, 1697; of wood (a copse), 1470; of yachts (at anchor), 1893.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plump - the sound of a sudden heavy fall     noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
Verb	1.	plump - drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" plummet drop - to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"
	2.	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" plonk, plunk down, plump down, plunk, flump, plank, plop place down, put down, set down - cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"
	3.	plump - make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, flesh out, plump out, fill out alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	4.	plump - give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates" go choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
Adj.	1.	plump - sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; chubby, embonpoint fat - having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"
Adv.	1.	plump - straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

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plump ¹

adjective chubby, fat, stout, full, round, burly, obese, fleshy, beefy (informal) tubby, portly, buxom, dumpy, roly-poly, well-covered, rotund, podgy, corpulent, well-upholstered (informal) << OPPOSITE scrawny

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plump ²

verb flop, fall, drop, sink, dump, slump

plump for something or someone choose, favour, go for, back, support, opt for, side with, come down in favour of

Translations

plump [plʌmp] adj → rechoncho, rollizo

vt to plump sth (down) on → dejar caer algo en

plump for vt fus (col) (= choose); optar por

plump up vt → ahuecar

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plump [plʌmp] adj → rondelet(te) → dodu(e) → bien en chair

vt to plump sth (down) on → laisser tomber qch lourdement sur

plump for vt fus (inf) (= choose); se décider pour

plump up vt [+ cushion] → battre (pour lui redonner forme)

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plump [plʌmp] adj [person] → füllig, mollig

plump for plump (inf) vt fus → sich entscheiden für

plump up plump vt [+ cushion] → aufschütteln

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plump [plʌmp] adj → grassoccio/a

vt to plump sth (down) on → lasciar cadere qc di peso su

plump for vt fus (col) → decidersi per

plump up vt → sprimacciare

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plump¹

adj plump [ˈplamp]

pleasantly fat and rounded; well filled out plump cheeks. mollig مُمْتَلئ، سَمين закръглен buclatý buttet; fyldig prall παχουλός, στρουμπουλός relleno, regordete, rechoncho ümar چاق و چله؛ پر pullea grassouillet שְׁמַנמַן मोटा, गोल-मटोल bucmast,punašan kövér(kés) montok þybbinn, bústinn grassottello 丸々とした 풍만한, 통통한 putlus, apvalus, apkūnus apaļīgs; tukls montel rond, mollig god og rund, småfet pulchny rechonchudo bu­călat полный; пухлый bucľatý, oblý rejen punačak fyllig, knubbig, trind, rund เจ้าเนื้อ tombul 豐滿的 повний; пухкий فربہ، گداز bụ bẫm 丰满的

adv plumply

mollig بامتلاء، بسُمْنَه закръглено oble, kulatě buttet; fyldigt prall φουσκωμένα, παχουλά rechonchamente matsakalt بطور چاق و چله pyöreästi rondement בִכבֵדוּת गोल-मटोल debeljkast kövér(kés)en montok skyndilega; afdráttarlaust tondamente 丸々して 풍만하게 nerangiai smagi; negaidīti montel rond, mollig fyldig, trivelig pulchnie rechonchudamente pe loc пухло, округло guľato rejeno punačko fylligt, knubbigt อย่างเจ้าเนื้อ tamamen 使豐滿地 пухко گدازي سے một cách đầy đặn 使丰满地

n plumpness

molligheid سُمْنَه، إمتِلاء закръгленост zaoblenost buttethed; fyldighed die Rundlichkeit η ιδιότητα του να είναι κπ. ή κτ. παχουλό(ς) gordura lihavus چاق و چله بودن pulleus rondeur(s) שְׁמַנמַנוּת मोटापन debljina,punašnost kövér(kés)ség kemontokan ávali; þybbinn líkamshluti rotondità, paffutezza 丸々している様子 풍만함 apkūnumas apaļīgums; tuklums kemontelan rondheid, molligheid fyldighet, trivelighet pulchność rechonchudice rotunjime полнота, округлость oblosť rejenost punačkost fyllighet, knubbighet ความอวบอ้วน tombulluk 豐滿 повнота گدازي sự đầy đặn 丰满

plump up

to shake (pillows etc) to restore their shape. op pof يَهُز الوِسادَةِ لإسْتِعادَة شَكْلِها оправям načechrat banke; ryste aufschütteln φουσκώνω ahuecar, sacudir (patju) soputama گرد و قلمبه کردن pöyhiä faire bouffer “לְנַפֵּח” כָּרִיוֹת फुलाना napuniti felráz menepuk-nepuk dusta/hrista til sprimacciare ふくらませる supurenti uzbužināt menepuk-nepuk opschudden riste opp wstrząsać ajeitar a înfoia взбивать načuchrať pretresti protresti fluffa (skaka) upp เขย่าให้เข้ารูป kabartmak 使鼓起 збивати تکيہ صحيح کرنے کے ليے جھاڑنا vỗ lại (gối) cho tròn 使鼓起