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plump
adjective
adverb
noun
verb
sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
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adjective
sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
“a chubby child”
adverb
straight down especially heavily or abruptly
“the anchor fell plump into the sea”
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”
verb
make fat or plump
“We will plump out that poor starving child”
verb
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
“He planked the money on the table”
verb
drop sharply
“The stock market plummeted”
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a chubby child
pleasingly plump
the anchor fell plump into the sea
we dropped the rock plump into the water
I plumped for the losing candidates
We will plump out that poor starving child
He planked the money on the table
He planked himself into the sofa
The stock market plummeted
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