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  7  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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  :  (informal)  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  down  "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}]




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