plump
/plʌmp/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Having a full, rounded, and pleasing shape, often due to a moderate amount of body fat; slightly fat in an attractive way.
- Direct and straightforward, without qualification or hesitation.
Adverb:
- With a sudden, heavy, or direct fall or impact.
- Directly and bluntly.
Noun:
- A sudden heavy fall or the sound associated with it.
Verb:
- To drop, fall, or sit down heavily and abruptly.
- To support or choose someone or something decisively from a group.
- To make something fuller, rounder, or fatter.
Usage and Examples
Adjective:
- She has a plump, happy baby. (Describing a pleasingly round figure.)
- He gave a plump denial to the accusation. (Describing a direct, unqualified statement.)
Adverb:
- The ripe fruit fell plump into my hand. (Describing a direct, heavy fall.)
- She told him plump that she was leaving. (Describing a blunt manner of speaking.)
Noun:
- We heard the plump of the sack hitting the floor. (Referring to the sound of a heavy fall.)
Verb:
- He plumped down onto the sofa after work. (Describing sitting down heavily.)
- After much thought, I plumped for the chocolate cake. (Describing making a decisive choice.)
- The chef plumped the raisins in warm water. (Describing the action of making something fuller by soaking.)
Advanced Usage
"to plump for": To choose or vote for someone or something decisively, especially when faced with alternatives.
- In the end, the committee plumped for the more experienced candidate.
"to plump up": To make something softer, fuller, and rounder by shaking or patting it.
- She plumped up the pillows on the bed.
"to plump out": To become fuller, rounder, or fatter.
- His cheeks began to plump out as he recovered his health.
Variants and Related Words
- Plumpish (adj): Somewhat plump.
- Plumpness (n): The quality or state of being plump.
Synonyms
- Adjective (for shape): Chubby, rounded, full, buxom.
- Adjective (for manner): Blunt, direct, forthright, unequivocal.
- Verb (for falling): Flop, slump, collapse.
- Verb (for choosing): Opt for, choose, select, go for.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Plump down: To sit or set something down heavily and suddenly.
- He plumped the groceries down on the kitchen counter.
Plump up: See "Advanced Usage" above.
Related Idioms
"A plump lie": A complete and obvious lie.
- That excuse was a plump lie, and everyone knew it.
"Plump and plain": Very clear and straightforward.
- I'll tell you plump and plain what I think.
Adjective
- sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;
- a chubby child
- pleasingly plump
Adverb
- straight down especially heavily or abruptly
- the anchor fell plump into the sea
- we dropped the rock plump into the water
Noun
- the sound of a sudden heavy fall
Verb
- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
- I plumped for the losing candidates
- make fat or plump
- We will plump out that poor starving child
- 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
- drop sharply
- The stock market plummeted