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7 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plump \Plump\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Plumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plumping}.]
1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plump \Plump\ (pl[u^]mp), adjective [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}, adverb]
1. 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.
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\, adverb [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. {Plump}, adjective & v.] Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. ''Fall plump.'' --Beau. & Fl.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plump \Plump\, noun 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Plump \Plump\, verb (used without an object) [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa, Dan. plumpe. See {Plump}, adjective]
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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
plump
adjective: euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby babies"; "pleasingly plump" [syn: {buxom}, {chubby}, {embonpoint}, {zaftig}, {zoftig}]
noun: the sound of a sudden heavy fall
adverb: straight down especially heavily or abruptly; "the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the rock plump into the water"
verb
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
233 Moby Thesaurus words for "plump": abruptly, adipose, ample, at once, back, ballot, bang, beamy, become overweight, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, blunt, bosomy, brawny, bump, burly, busty, buxom, campaign for, canvass, cast, cast a ballot, cave, cave in, chink, choose, chubby, chuck, chunky, clap, click, clink, clop, clump, clunk, collapse, corpulent, crump, cushion, dash, decline, definite, definitive, deposit, direct, directly, distended, dive, divide, downright, droop, drop, dull thud, dumpy, ease, engross, exactly, fall, fat, fatten, fattish, fleshy, flick, fling, flop, flop down, fluff, flump, flump down, flush, forthright, founder, full, full-bodied, gain weight, gather flesh, gentle, give way, go down, gross, hastily, heavyset, hefty, hippy, hurl, impetuously, imposing, impulsively, kerplunk, knead, lapse, laxate, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, limber, limber up, loosen, lower, lusty, mash, massage, matter-of-fact, meaty, mellow, milden, mollify, nose-dive, obese, of a sudden, on short notice, overweight, pad, parachute, pat, patter, paunchy, pinguefy, pitapat, pitch, pitter-patter, plain, plank, plop, plop down, plumb, plummet, plunge, plunk, podgy, point-blank, poll, pop, portly, potbellied, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, precisely, pudgy, puff up, puffy, pulp, pursy, put down, put on weight, rap, relax, right, roly-poly, rotund, round, roundabout, sag, select, set, set down, settle, settle down, shake up, sharp, side with, simple, sink, sink down, skin-dive, sky-dive, slap, slouch, slump, slump down, smack, smack-dab, smash, soften, soften up, sound, spang, square, squarely, squash, squat, squatty, stalwart, startlingly, steatopygous, stocky, stoop, stout, straight, strapping, subdue, submerge, subside, sudden, suddenly, supple, support, surprisingly, swag, swollen, swoop, swoop down, take a header, tap, tenderize, thick-bodied, thickset, throw, thrust, thud, thump, tick, tinkle, tone down, top-heavy, toss, tubby, tune down, tunk, unambiguous, unawares, unequivocal, unexpectedly, unmistakable, vote, well-fed, without notice, without warning
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