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Entry 10 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Plump

/(plŭmp)/ · IPA /plʌmp/
01 a. Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.
  1. 1.
    Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.
    “The god of wine did his plump clusters bring.” — T. Carew.
  2. 2.
    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.
02 n. A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears.
  1. 1.
    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.
03 v. i. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
  1. 1.
    To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
  2. 2.
    To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
  3. 3.
    To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2. See: give, Plumper
04 v. t. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Plumping
  1. 1.
    To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
    “To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles.” — Fuller.
  2. 2.
    To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
  3. 3.
    To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2. See: Plumper
05 adv. Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
  1. 1.
    Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.