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Webster 1913 Edition


Plim

Plim

,
Verb.
I.
[Cf.
Plump
.]
To swell, as grain or wood with water.
[Prov. Eng.]
Grose.

Webster 1828 Edition


Plim

PLIM

,
Verb.
I.
To swell. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


plim

plim

Translingual

Symbol

plim

  1. (mathematics) probability limit
    For a sequence {Xn} of random variables is the same as

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English

Adjective

plim (comparative more plim, superlative most plim)

  1. (chiefly South Wales) plump; full

Verb

plim (third-person singular simple present plims, present participle plimming, simple past and past participle plimmed)

  1. (chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up

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Albanian

Alternative forms
  • plym

Etymology

A deverbative in -i(m), based on an unattested verb *plyej, from Proto-Albanian *plānja 'to fill', from Proto-Indo-European *plē 'full'[1].

Noun

plim m (indefinite plural plimë, definite singular plimi, definite plural plimët)

  1. mass crowd

Adjective

plim m (feminine plime)

  1. in heaps, in piles
Related terms

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), plim”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 334

Rade

Etymology

From French plume (quill)

Noun

plim

  1. pen (writing tool)

Spanish

Alternative forms

Interjection

plim

  1. meh (expressing indifference)