PLUMP

a. n. v. adv.

9 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. Shak. The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. T. Carew.

2.
n.

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.

3.
v.

To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.

4.
v.

To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once."Dulcissa plumps into a chair." Spectator.

5.
v.

To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.

6.
v.

To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.plump up the pillows To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles. Fuller.

7.
v.

To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.

8.
v.

To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.

9.
adv.

Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. "Fall plump." Beau. & Fl.

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