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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plump \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Plumping.]
     1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
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              To plump up the hollowness of their history with
              improbable miracles.                  --Fuller.
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     2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as,
        to plump a stone into water.
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     3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plump \Plump\ (pl[u^]mp), a. [Compar. Plumper
     (pl[u^]mp"[~e]r); superl. Plumpest.] [OE. plomp rude,
     clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of
     imitative origin. Cf. Plump, adv.]
     1. Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump
        baby; plump cheeks. --Shak.
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              The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. --T.
                                                    Carew.
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     2. Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation;
        blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.
  
              After the plump statement that the author was at
              Erceldoune and spake with Thomas.     --Saintsbury.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plump \Plump\, adv. [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps.
     Cf. Plump, a. & v.]
     Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. ``Fall plump.'' --Beau.
     & Fl.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plump \Plump\, n.
     A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of
     trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.]
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           To visit islands and the plumps of men.  --Chapman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plump \Plump\, v. i. [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa,
     Dan. plumpe. See Plump, a.]
     1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
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     2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at
        once.``Dulcissa plumps into a chair.'' --Spectator.
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     3. To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plump \Plump\, a.
     Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation;
     blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.
  
           After the plump statement that the author was at
           Erceldoune and spake with Thomas.        --Saintsbury.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plump \Plump\, n.
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plump \Plump\, v. i. [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa,
     Dan. plumpe. See Plump, a.]
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plump \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Plumping.]
     1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plump \Plump\ (pl[u^]mp), a. [Compar. Plumper (-[~e]r);
     superl. Plumpest.] [OE. plomp rude, clumsy; akin to D.
     plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of imitative origin.
     Cf. Plump, adv.]
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plump \Plump\, adv. [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps.
     Cf. Plump, a. & v.]
     Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. ``Fall plump.'' --Beau.
     & Fl.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  plump
       adj : euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom
             actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby
             babies"; "pleasingly plump" [syn: buxom, chubby, embonpoint,
              zaftig, zoftig]
       n : the sound of a sudden heavy fall
       adv : straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor
             fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump
             into the water"
       v 1: drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" [syn: plummet]
       2: 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" [syn: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk,
           plump down, plunk down]
       3: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving
          child" [syn: fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump
          out, fatten out, fatten up]
       4: give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group
          or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates" [syn: go]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plump
     Αγγλικά a.
     στρουμπουλός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plump
     German a.
     1 clumsy (movement of person or animal that is often dumpy)
     2 clumsy; crude; brazen (of a trick or strategy)
     3 squat, stumpy
     Irish n.
     (alternative form of ga plimp from=Cois Fharraige)
     Swedish a.
     c (possibly unintentionally) offensive due to lacking tact; rude,
  vulgar, tactless
     Swedish n.
     c a blot (of ink)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Plump
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  plump
     a.
     Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To grow #Adjective; to swell out.
     2 (lb en transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often
  with ''up''.
     3 (lb en transitive) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and
  heavily.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To give a plumper (kind of vote).
     5 (lb en transitive) To give (a vote), as a plumper.
     6 (indtr en for) To favor or decide in favor of something.
     adv.
     directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
     n.
     The sound of a sudden heavy fall.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at
  once.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.
     2 A group of goose flying close together.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Plump
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  plump
     German a.
     1 clumsy (movement of person or animal that is often dumpy)
     2 clumsy; crude; brazen (of a trick or strategy)
     3 squat, stumpy
     Irish n.
     (alternative form of ga plimp from=Cois Fharraige)
     Swedish a.
     c (possibly unintentionally) offensive due to lacking tact; rude,
  vulgar, tactless
     Swedish n.
     c a blot (of ink)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Plump
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  plump
     German a.
     1 clumsy (movement of person or animal that is often dumpy)
     2 clumsy; crude; brazen (of a trick or strategy)
     3 squat, stumpy
     Irish n.
     (alternative form of ga plimp from=Cois Fharraige)
     Swedish a.
     c (possibly unintentionally) offensive due to lacking tact; rude,
  vulgar, tactless
     Swedish n.
     c a blot (of ink)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Plump
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plump
     Ruotsi a.
     tökerö, moukkamainen
     Ruotsi n.
     mustetahra; kömmähdys
     Saksa a.
     alkeellinen, kömpelö

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plump
     Engelska a.
     1 knubbig, mullig, tjock
     2 fyllig, rund, stinn
     Tyska a.
     klumpig, #Svenska

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  plump
     a.
     som saknar hyfs
     n.
     bläckfläck