plump
IPA: pɫˈʌmp
noun
- The sound of a sudden heavy fall.
- (obsolete) A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.
- A group of geese flying close together.
- A surname from German.
verb
- (intransitive) To grow plump; to swell out.
- (transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
- (transitive) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.
- (intransitive) To give a plumper (kind of vote).
- (transitive) To give (a vote), as a plumper.
- (transitive with for) To favor or decide in favor of something.
- (intransitive) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
adjective
- Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
- Fat.
- Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
adverb
- Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
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Examples of "plump" in Sentences
- Note the plump body with short wings.
- The saint is a plump man in a red robe.
- I'll plump for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.
- To the Annangs, plump women were seen as beautiful.
- The second time, Woody disguises the barrel as a plump woman.
- The young squabs are devoid of feathers and appear very plump.
- All of the photos at Commons are of a plump, balding president.
- A wolf is hungry and spies on the house and its plump occupants.
- The hindlegs are noticeably thicker than the forelegs, almost plump.
- A short, plump man, Bickersdyke is the head of the New Asiatic Bank.