plump
/plʌmp/ verb C2- To grow plump; to swell out. · Her cheeks have plumped.
- To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up. · to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water
- To give a plumper (kind of vote).
- To give (a vote), as a plumper.
- To favor or decide in favor of.
He/she/it plumps · Past plumped · Past participle plumped · -ing form plumping
Verb forms
- Base form
- plump
- He/she/it
- plumps
- Past
- plumped
- Past participle
- plumped
- -ing form
- plumping
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She had large, bright-blue eyes, a brilliant complexion, and a plump showy figure.
I do love to imagine I’m nice and plump, with dimples in my elbows.”
Just then a girl scuddled lightly around the corner, slipped on a patch of icy snow and fell plump upon the sidewalk.
His age may have been nearer forty than thirty, but his cheeks were so ruddy and his eyes so merry that he still conveyed the impression of a plump and mischievous boy.
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