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Plump

Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.

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Fat 84% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Fat 84% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Broader term 8

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Choose 76% connected

To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Select 76% connected

Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choic…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Embonpoint 74% connected

Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Embonpoint 74% connected

Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 2

Feed 72% connected

of Fee

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Give 72% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See also 2

Fill 66% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Fill 66% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Synonym 7

Chubby 92% connected

Like a chub; plump, short, and thick.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Embonpoint 92% connected

Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Fat 92% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Fatten 92% connected

To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Go 92% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plank 92% connected

A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Plummet 92% connected

A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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