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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.

One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.

Fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve. [Colloq.]

The quality or state of being plump.

Plump; fat; sleek. "Plumpy Bacchus." Shak.

Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom. Many tall and bouncing young ladies. Thackeray.

Without bread; destitude of food. Plump peers and breadless bards alike are dull. P. Whitehead.

Stout or plump; large. [Obs.] Fenton.

Having a plump, short face.

Like a chub; plump, short, and thick. "Chubby faces." I. Taylor.

Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docetæ. "Docetic Gnosticism." Plumptre.

Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

gelized, might claim the tittle though there were many evangelists who were not Apistles. Plumptre.

the purpose of filling up; superfluous. "Expletive imagery." Hallam. Expletive phrases to plump his speech. Barrow.

Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox.

The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh. Their eyes stand out with fatness. Ps. lxxiii. 7.

To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.

The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. Milton.

Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray.

A plump young person or child. [Obs.] Smart.