Meaning & Definition of Plump in English
English⟶
Plump
/pləmp/
noun
1. The sound of a sudden heavy fall
synonym:
- plump
verb
1. Drop sharply
- "The stock market plummeted"
synonym:
- plummet,
- plump
2. Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
- "He planked the money on the table"
- "He planked himself into the sofa"
synonym:
- plank,
- flump,
- plonk,
- plop,
- plunk,
- plump down,
- plunk down,
- plump
3. Make fat or plump
- "We will plump out that poor starving child"
synonym:
- fatten,
- fat,
- flesh out,
- fill out,
- plump,
- 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"
synonym:
- plump,
- go
adjective
1. Sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
- "A chubby child"
- "Pleasingly plump"
synonym:
- chubby,
- embonpoint,
- plump
adverb
1. Straight down especially heavily or abruptly
- "The anchor fell plump into the sea"
- "We dropped the rock plump into the water"
synonym:
- plump
Examples of using
Every day grandfather and grandmother gave the kitten plenty of milk, and soon the kitten grew nice and plump.