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Webster 1913 Edition
Plump
Plump
(plŭmp)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Plumper
(plŭmp′ẽr)
; sup
erl.
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.
The god of wine did his
plump
clusters bring. T. Carew.
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.
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.
Plump
,Verb.
T.
[
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 water3.
To give (a vote), as a plumper. See
Plumper
, 2. Plump
,adv.
Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
“Fall plump.” Beau. & Fl.
Webster 1828 Edition
Plump
PLUMP
, a.1.
Full; swelled with fat or flesh to the full size; fat; having a full skin; round; as a plump boy; a plump habit of body. The famish'd crow grows plump and round.
2.
Full; blunt; unreserved; unqualified; as a plump lie.PLUMP
,Noun.
[This word is not now used in this sense, but the use of it formerly, is good evidence that plump is clump, with a different prefix, and both are radically one word with lump. Plumb, L. plumbum, is the same word, a lump or mass.
PLUMP
,Verb.
T.
The particles of air expanding themselves, plump out the sides of the bladder.
A wedding at our house will plump me up with good cheer.
PLUMP
, v.i.1.
To plunge or fall like a heavy mass or lump of dead matter; to fall suddenly or at once.2.
To enlarge to fullness; to be swelled.PLUMP
,adv.