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Meanings of plump in inglés

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Sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure;

Related terms
portugués
cevar
catalán
saginar
español
cebar

Make fat or plump.

cebar
portugués
cair
español
caer en picado

Drop sharply.

caer en picado

Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise.

Usage of plump in inglés
1
Wights are payin' five times the goin' rate fer nice plump feeders.
Library of Souls
2
First, lower corporate tax rates will plump up our companies' bottom lines.
Reuters
3
Oats are not as plump as in Scotland; they fill too quickly.
The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825
4
I love how plump his cheeks look when he's sleeping, I said.
She, myself & i
5
Father Mathew was a great man, plump and red in the face.
The Kiltartan History Book
6
Up and down the key-board of the instrument her plump hands galloped.
The Poor Little Rich Girl
7
Starting on day nine, the muscle cells also started to plump up.
Wired
8
Cooper was plump and pale, with long sideboards and an American accent.
The Guardian
9
Morrie would groan loudly when the weekly letter arrived, plump with questions.
The power of one
10
To say truth, so am I; and these fellows are delightfully plump.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of th...
11
The St. Bernard led them plump against the wall of a cabin.
Man-Size
12
She took his wrinkled old hand in hers so plump and dimpled.
A Little Girl in Old Detroit
13
In the doorway stood a plump middle-aged woman, nodding her head rapidly.
Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches
14
Only she did it in her own lady-like way, and not plump.
A Woman-Hater
15
Perhaps that was because she was plump, but Vanessa didn't think so.
A week in december
16
Legs still plump enough to toddle, lips just beginning to form words.
Blood harvest
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Plump through the time
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Common
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Common
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