1. Adverb
Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.
2. Noun
A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears.
3. Adjective
To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
4. Adjective
To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
5. Adjective
To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
6. Verb
To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
7. Verb
To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
8. Verb
To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
9. Unclassified
Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
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