Plump
adjective
Having a full, rounded shape, especially because of being fat or well-nourished.
The plump, ripe tomatoes are perfect for a salad.
Often appears as...
- plump lips
- plump cheeks
verb
To throw, drop, or place heavily or suddenly.
He plumped his suitcase on the bed.
Often appears as...
- plump down on
- plump into
verb
To suddenly and heavily sit or lie down, often because of tiredness or lazyness.
After a long day, he plumped himself on the couch.
Often appears as...
- plump down on
- plump into
verb
To make a definitive choice or decision.
After considering all the options, she finally plumped for the red dress.
Often appears as...
- plump for
- plump on
adjective
Having a full, rounded shape, especially because of being fat or well-nourished.
The plump, ripe tomatoes are perfect for a salad.
Often appears as...
- plump lips
- plump cheeks
verb
To throw, drop, or place heavily or suddenly.
He plumped his suitcase on the bed.
Often appears as...
- plump down on
- plump into
verb
To suddenly and heavily sit or lie down, often because of tiredness or lazyness.
After a long day, he plumped himself on the couch.
Often appears as...
- plump down on
- plump into
verb
To make a definitive choice or decision.
After considering all the options, she finally plumped for the red dress.
Often appears as...
- plump for
- plump on
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Plump often suggests something is pleasantly full and healthy, not just overweight.
She admired her plump baby's healthy growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Describing Objects
'Plump' isn't only for living things. It can describe anything round and full.
He settled into the plump pillows.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Used figuratively, 'plump' can mean well off or sufficient.
They found themselves in a plump financial position.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Plump often suggests something is pleasantly full and healthy, not just overweight.
She admired her plump baby's healthy growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Describing Objects
'Plump' isn't only for living things. It can describe anything round and full.
He settled into the plump pillows.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Used figuratively, 'plump' can mean well off or sufficient.
They found themselves in a plump financial position.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Connotation
Plump often suggests something is pleasantly full and healthy, not just overweight.
She admired her plump baby's healthy growth.
Pro Tip 2/3Describing Objects
'Plump' isn't only for living things. It can describe anything round and full.
He settled into the plump pillows.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Used figuratively, 'plump' can mean well off or sufficient.
They found themselves in a plump financial position.
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Video examples
Finding Baby Seals on an...
But they're absolutely gorgeous birds. Those babies are absolutely adorable in order to plump themselves up and put on all that weight. The Cubs will drink up to two and a half litres of that super high fat milk every single day. Now, although all these seals probably look the same to you, and especially the pups.
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Army Ants, Orchids and...
when you're a spider male and you're out there trying to get a female it's the same struggle that he's having that we're all having when we're trying to find the love of our lives in a single nest in the middle well protected is the single queen a big plump slightly green and so it's the same story throughout
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How menstruation works -...
Otherwise, the egg's escapade ends, and the window for pregnancy closes for that month. Meanwhile, the now empty follicle begins to release progesterone, another hormone that tells the womb's lining to plump up with blood and nutrients in preparation for a fertilized egg that may embed there and grow.
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This Indigenous Practice...
kind of this black ash that was has drawn everywhere and on top of it was sitting tons of acorns and they were all beautiful and they were like big and plump and none of them had any holes in them and the thing that frank said was well they don't have holes in them is because
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
No. Again, no. I don't mean that for a moment. What I mean is the world holds me so tightly -- the good and the bad -- my own follies and weakness that even this counterfeit Venus with her sham heat, and her bosom probably plumped
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A brief history of...
In many cases, it may simply be that culinary visionaries from different cultures shared a similar that cooking fillings encased in dough would be delightful. Either way, we can appreciate these plump pockets of perfection—
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Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
that chunky physique isn't due to overindulgence in an unhealthy lifestyle it is in fact you to a thick layer of blubber which keeps the animals warm in the frigid sea these plump pinnipeds haul themselves
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Red-eyed Tree Frog's...
recognizable tadpole it's ready to hatch and drop into the water but there are fish just waiting for a plump delicious helpless tadpole talk about fate the possibility of being gobbled by a vine
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Secret Life of Dust...
microscopic world of the tiny creatures that inhabit our everyday lives there's nothing like collapsing into a freshly made bed at the end of a long hard day crisp sheets plump pillows a
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Beavers: Dam Good...
back a lot more water whilst we haven't copied beaver dam building human engineers have plumped for some of the same solutions
Video examples
Finding Baby Seals on an...
But they're absolutely gorgeous birds. Those babies are absolutely adorable in order to plump themselves up and put on all that weight. The Cubs will drink up to two and a half litres of that super high fat milk every single day. Now, although all these seals probably look the same to you, and especially the pups.
Video examples
Army Ants, Orchids and...
when you're a spider male and you're out there trying to get a female it's the same struggle that he's having that we're all having when we're trying to find the love of our lives in a single nest in the middle well protected is the single queen a big plump slightly green and so it's the same story throughout
Video examples
How menstruation works -...
Otherwise, the egg's escapade ends, and the window for pregnancy closes for that month. Meanwhile, the now empty follicle begins to release progesterone, another hormone that tells the womb's lining to plump up with blood and nutrients in preparation for a fertilized egg that may embed there and grow.
Video examples
This Indigenous Practice...
kind of this black ash that was has drawn everywhere and on top of it was sitting tons of acorns and they were all beautiful and they were like big and plump and none of them had any holes in them and the thing that frank said was well they don't have holes in them is because
Video examples
C.K. Williams: Poetry...
No. Again, no. I don't mean that for a moment. What I mean is the world holds me so tightly -- the good and the bad -- my own follies and weakness that even this counterfeit Venus with her sham heat, and her bosom probably plumped
Video examples
A brief history of...
In many cases, it may simply be that culinary visionaries from different cultures shared a similar that cooking fillings encased in dough would be delightful. Either way, we can appreciate these plump pockets of perfection—
Video examples
Sleepy Harbour Seals and...
that chunky physique isn't due to overindulgence in an unhealthy lifestyle it is in fact you to a thick layer of blubber which keeps the animals warm in the frigid sea these plump pinnipeds haul themselves
Video examples
Red-eyed Tree Frog's...
recognizable tadpole it's ready to hatch and drop into the water but there are fish just waiting for a plump delicious helpless tadpole talk about fate the possibility of being gobbled by a vine
Video examples
Secret Life of Dust...
microscopic world of the tiny creatures that inhabit our everyday lives there's nothing like collapsing into a freshly made bed at the end of a long hard day crisp sheets plump pillows a
Video examples
Beavers: Dam Good...
back a lot more water whilst we haven't copied beaver dam building human engineers have plumped for some of the same solutions
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Alex Honnold
American Athlete
Climbing is definitely very much strength-to-weight ratio. At the same time, I've never dieted or restricted calories. You're just sort of mindful about not getting plump.
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Jack Horner
American Scientist
Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It might also give us plumper chickens.
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Alessandra Mussolini
Italian Politician
Acting was not for me. They were saying, you are too beautiful, you are too ugly, you are too plump, too tall, too short. You cannot believe the way you are judged.
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Iris Apfel
American Businesswoman
I was never a fan of Chanel. I liked it on other people. Some other people. All the ladies who were too plump and busty looked like little sausages.
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Kiku Sharda
Indian Comedian
I fit well in the comedy zone. A plump and chubby figure goes well with most onscreen characters... it adds more value to what I say.
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Isabel Yosito
American Artist
Oui, dans mon rêve, j'étais un crayon, mais admittedly, I'd more suitably be characterized as a plump carrot.
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Miranda Hart
English Actress
I have a fantastic method for anti-ageing. It's eating. Plumps out your skin beautifully.
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Divya Dutta
Indian Actress
When I joined films, I was a bit plump but then I lost a lot of weight.
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Sophie Dahl
English Model
In my family, we were all rather plump as teenagers.
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Boyle Roche
Irish Politician
The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.
Quote examples
Alex Honnold
American Athlete
Climbing is definitely very much strength-to-weight ratio. At the same time, I've never dieted or restricted calories. You're just sort of mindful about not getting plump.
Quote examples
Jack Horner
American Scientist
Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It might also give us plumper chickens.
Quote examples
Alessandra Mussolini
Italian Politician
Acting was not for me. They were saying, you are too beautiful, you are too ugly, you are too plump, too tall, too short. You cannot believe the way you are judged.
Quote examples
Iris Apfel
American Businesswoman
I was never a fan of Chanel. I liked it on other people. Some other people. All the ladies who were too plump and busty looked like little sausages.
Quote examples
Kiku Sharda
Indian Comedian
I fit well in the comedy zone. A plump and chubby figure goes well with most onscreen characters... it adds more value to what I say.
Quote examples
Isabel Yosito
American Artist
Oui, dans mon rêve, j'étais un crayon, mais admittedly, I'd more suitably be characterized as a plump carrot.
Quote examples
Miranda Hart
English Actress
I have a fantastic method for anti-ageing. It's eating. Plumps out your skin beautifully.
Quote examples
Divya Dutta
Indian Actress
When I joined films, I was a bit plump but then I lost a lot of weight.
Quote examples
Sophie Dahl
English Model
In my family, we were all rather plump as teenagers.
Quote examples
Boyle Roche
Irish Politician
The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.
Example 1 of 10
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