Meaning of plump in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• To grow plump; to swell out.

  Example: Her cheeks have plumped.

• To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.

  Example: to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water

• To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.

  Example: to plump a stone into water

• To give a plumper (kind of vote).

• To give (a vote), as a plumper.

• To favor or decide in favor of something.

adjective

• Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

  Example: a plump baby; plump cheeks

• Fat.

• Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.

noun

• The sound of a sudden heavy fall.

verb

• To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.

adverb

• Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

noun

• A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.

  Example: a plump of trees, fowls, or spears