What does "plump" mean?
Plump: To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
Additional senses
- 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.
- 4.To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.plump up the pillows To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. Fuller.
- 5.To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
- 6.To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
- 7.Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. "Fall plump." Beau. & Fl.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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