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Pronunciation : Plump
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. plomp rude, clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of imitative origin. Cf. Plump, adv.]
Definition : Defn: Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. Shak. The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. T. Carew.
[Compar. Plumper; superl. Plumpest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Plump
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.] To visit islands and the plumps of men. Chapman.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Plump
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa, Dan. plumpe. See Plump, a.]
Definition : 1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once."Dulcissa plumps into a chair." Spectator.
3. To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Plump
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.plump up the pillows To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. Fuller.
2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Plumping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Plump
Part of Speech : adv.
Etymology : [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. Plump, a. &v.]
Definition : Defn: Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. "Fall plump." Beau. & Fl.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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