plump

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /plʌmp/
• Rhymes: -ʌmp

Verb

plump (third-person singular simple present plumps, present participle plumping, simple past and past participle plumped)

1. (intransitive) To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
2. (intransitive) To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
3. (intransitive) To give a plumper.
4. (transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
5. (transitive) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
6. (transitive) To give (a vote), as a plumper.

Adjective

plump (comparative plumper or more plump, superlative plumpest or most plump)

1. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 23, Crime out of Mind^[1]:

     He was a plump little man and we had been walking uphill at a pace—set by him—far too rapid for his short legs. He breathed stertorously, and half the drops which glimmered on his rotund face were not rain but sweat.

2. Fat.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:obese

Antonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:scrawny

Translations

Having a full and rounded shape, chubby

• Arabic: سمين (ar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豐滿 (cmn), 丰满 (cmn) (fēngmǎn)

• Finnish: pyylevä (fi), pullea (fi), pulska (fi)

• French: potelé (fr), rebondi (fr), dodu (fr) m
• Greek: στρουμπουλός m (stroumboulós), αφράτος m (afrátos)
• Hungarian: molett (hu)
• Jèrriais: potelé

Adverb

plump

1. Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.

Noun

plump (plural plumps)

1. (obsolete) A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.

   a plump of trees, fowls, or spears

   To visit islands and the plumps of men. — Chapman.

References

• plump in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Adjective

plump (comparative plumper, superlative am plumpesten)

1. crude, clumsy

Declension

positive forms of plump

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist plump	sie ist plump	es ist plump	sie sind plump
strong declension (without article)	nominative	plumper	plumpe	plumpes	plumpe
	genitive	plumpen	plumper	plumpen	plumper
	dative	plumpem	plumper	plumpem	plumpen
	accusative	plumpen	plumpe	plumpes	plumpe
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der plumpe	die plumpe	das plumpe	die plumpen
	genitive	des plumpen	der plumpen	des plumpen	der plumpen
	dative	dem plumpen	der plumpen	dem plumpen	den plumpen
	accusative	den plumpen	die plumpe	das plumpe	die plumpen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein plumper	eine plumpe	ein plumpes	(keine) plumpen
	genitive	eines plumpen	einer plumpen	eines plumpen	(keiner) plumpen
	dative	einem plumpen	einer plumpen	einem plumpen	(keinen) plumpen
	accusative	einen plumpen	eine plumpe	ein plumpes	(keine) plumpen

comparative forms of plump

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist plumper	sie ist plumper	es ist plumper	sie sind plumper
strong declension (without article)	nominative	plumperer	plumpere	plumperes	plumpere
	genitive	plumperen	plumperer	plumperen	plumperer
	dative	plumperem	plumperer	plumperem	plumperen
	accusative	plumperen	plumpere	plumperes	plumpere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der plumpere	die plumpere	das plumpere	die plumperen
	genitive	des plumperen	der plumperen	des plumperen	der plumperen
	dative	dem plumperen	der plumperen	dem plumperen	den plumperen
	accusative	den plumperen	die plumpere	das plumpere	die plumperen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein plumperer	eine plumpere	ein plumperes	(keine) plumperen
	genitive	eines plumperen	einer plumperen	eines plumperen	(keiner) plumperen
	dative	einem plumperen	einer plumperen	einem plumperen	(keinen) plumperen
	accusative	einen plumperen	eine plumpere	ein plumperes	(keine) plumperen

superlative forms of plump

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am plumpesten	sie ist am plumpesten	es ist am plumpesten	sie sind am plumpesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	plumpester	plumpeste	plumpestes	plumpeste
	genitive	plumpesten	plumpester	plumpesten	plumpester
	dative	plumpestem	plumpester	plumpestem	plumpesten
	accusative	plumpesten	plumpeste	plumpestes	plumpeste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der plumpeste	die plumpeste	das plumpeste	die plumpesten
	genitive	des plumpesten	der plumpesten	des plumpesten	der plumpesten
	dative	dem plumpesten	der plumpesten	dem plumpesten	den plumpesten
	accusative	den plumpesten	die plumpeste	das plumpeste	die plumpesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein plumpester	eine plumpeste	ein plumpestes	(keine) plumpesten
	genitive	eines plumpesten	einer plumpesten	eines plumpesten	(keiner) plumpesten
	dative	einem plumpesten	einer plumpesten	einem plumpesten	(keinen) plumpesten
	accusative	einen plumpesten	eine plumpeste	ein plumpestes	(keine) plumpesten