4 entries under this word

Plump

Plŭmp, a.

adjective

a. [compar. PLUMPER; superl. PLUMPEST.] [Ger., Dan., & Sw. plump, Icel. plumpr, D. plomp, rude, coarse, clumsy.] 1. Swelled with fat or flesh to the full size; full; fat; having a full skin; round; as, a plump boy; a plump habit of body. The famished crow grows plump and round. Swift. 2. Complete; unreserved; unqualified; as, a plump lie.

Plūmp, n.

noun

n. [See supra.] A number of things closely united or standing together; a knot; a cluster; a collection; a clump; as, a plump of trees; a plump of fowls; a plump of horsemen. [Obs.] “To visit islands and the plumps of men.” Chapman.

Plŭmp, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PLUMPED (plŭmt, 84); p. pr. & vb. n. PLUMPING.] [From the adjective.] 1. To extend to fullness; to swell; to dilate; to fatten. “To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles.” Fuller. The particles of air, expanding themselves, plump out the sides of the bladder. Boyle. 2. To cause to drop heavily. To plump a vote. See PLUMPER.

Plŭmp, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [Ger. plumpen, Sw. plumpa, Dan. plumpe, D. plompen. See supra.]

To grow large to fullness; to be swelled.
To plunge or fall like a heavy mass or lump of dead matter; to fall suddenly or at once.