Plump - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
verb
- set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise (syn: flump, plank, plonk, plop, plunk)
- make fat or plump (syn: fat, fatten, fill out)
adverb
we dropped the rock plump into the water
adjective
Extra examples
...there was a squirrel on the sidewalk plump in front of us...
His aunt pinched his plump cheeks.
...she's been plump all her life, and her sister has always been skinny...
Mother grew so thin during her illness, but she is beginning to plump out now.
Tidy the room and plump up the cushions ready for our guests.
Neither man nor woman would dare to answer with a plump "No".
Tired after her walk, she plumped down on a comfortable chair.
He plumped down the money and called for drinks for everyone.
You plumped out that St. Paul's was the finest cathedral in England.
Every member of the committee plumped for the chairman's suggestion.
The nurse was a cheerful plump woman.
The baby's nice and plump.
Plump the bags down anywhere you like.
Soak the apricots and raisins until the fruit plumps up.
She turned and plumped out the cushion behind her.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: plump
he/she/it: plumps
present participle: plumping
past tense: plumped
past participle: plumped
comparative: plumper
superlative: plumpest
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