Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plump"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plump \Plump\, a.
Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation;
blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.
After the plump statement that the author was at
Erceldoune and spake with Thomas. --Saintsbury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plump \Plump\, n.
A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of
trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.]
To visit islands and the plumps of men. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plump \Plump\, v. i. [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa,
Dan. plumpe. See {Plump}, a.]
1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at
once.``Dulcissa plumps into a chair.'' --Spectator.
3. To {give} a plumper. See {Plumper}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plump \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Plumping}.]
1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plump \Plump\ (pl[u^]mp), a. [Compar. {Plumper} (-[~e]r);
superl. {Plumpest}.] [OE. plomp rude, clumsy; akin to D.
plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of imitative origin.
Cf. {Plump}, adv.]
Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump
baby; plump cheeks. --Shak.
The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. --T.
Carew.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plump \Plump\, adv. [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps.
Cf. {Plump}, a. & v.]
Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. ``Fall plump.'' --Beau.
& Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plump
adj : euphemisms for slightly fat; "a generation ago...buxom
actresses were popular"- Robt.A.Hamilton; "chubby
babies"; "pleasingly plump" [syn: {buxom}, {chubby}, {embonpoint},
{zaftig}, {zoftig}]
n : the sound of a sudden heavy fall
adv : (informal) straight down especially heavily or abruptly;
"the anchor fell plump into the sea"; "we dropped the
rock plump into the water"
v 1: drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted" [syn: {plummet}]
2: set (something or oneself) down; "He planked the money on
the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa" [syn: {plank},
{flump}, {plonk}, {plop}, {plunk}, {plump down}, {plunk
down}]
3: make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving
child" [syn: {fatten}, {fat}, {flesh out}, {fill out}, {plump
out}, {fatten out}, {fatten up}]
4: give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group
or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates" [syn: {go}]
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