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English adjective: plump | |||
| 1. | plump sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure | ||
| Samples | A chubby child. Pleasingly plump. | ||
| Synonyms | chubby, embonpoint | ||
| Similar | fat | ||
| Antonyms | lean, thin | ||
English noun: plump | |||
| 1. | plump (event) the sound of a sudden heavy fall | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | noise | ||
English adverb: plump | |||
| 1. | plump straight down especially heavily or abruptly | ||
| Samples | The anchor fell plump into the sea. We dropped the rock plump into the water. | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
English verb: plump | |||
| 1. | plump (motion) drop sharply | ||
| Samples | The stock market plummeted. | ||
| Examples | The stock market is going to plump | ||
| Synonyms | plummet | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drop | ||
| 2. | plump (contact) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | ||
| Samples | He planked the money on the table. He planked himself into the sofa. | ||
| Synonyms | flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump down, plunk, plunk down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | place down, put down, set down | ||
| 3. | plump (consumption) make fat or plump | ||
| Samples | We will plump out that poor starving child. | ||
| Synonyms | fat, fatten, fatten out, fatten up, fill out, flesh out, plump out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Entail | feed, give | ||
| 4. | plump (cognition) give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number | ||
| Samples | I plumped for the losing candidates. | ||
| Synonyms | go | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | choose, pick out, select, take | ||
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