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(1):

(adv.) Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.

(2):

(a.) Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation; blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.

(3):

(n.) A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears.

(4):

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

(5):

(a.) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.

(6):

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

(7):

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

(8):

(v. t.) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; - often with up.

(9):

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

(10):

(a. & v.) Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Plump'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/plump.html. 1828.
 
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