| ADJECTIVE | all | plump, chubby, embonpoint | sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure |
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| ADVERB | all | plump | straight down especially heavily or abruptly |
| VERB | motion | plump, plummet | drop sharply |
| contact | plump, plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down | set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | |
| consumption | plump, fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump out, fatten out, fatten up | make fat or plump | |
| cognition | plump, go | give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number | |
| NOUN | event | plump | the sound of a sudden heavy fall |
| Sounds | plah'mp | |
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| Rhymes | bump ... trump: 18 rhymes with ahmp... | |
| Meaning | sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure. | |
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| Example | "pleasingly plump" | |
| Synonyms | chubby, embonpoint | |
| Broader | fat | Having an (over)abundance of flesh |
| Spanish | gordito, regordete | |
| Catalan | grassó, grassonet, grosset | |
| Nouns | plumpness | the bodily property of being well rounded |
| Meaning | The sound of a sudden heavy fall. | |
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| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Verbs | plump | drop sharply |
| Meaning | Straight down especially heavily or abruptly. | |
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| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Meaning | Drop sharply. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Model | The stock market is going to plump | |
| Synonym | plummet | |
| Broader | drop | To fall vertically |
| Spanish | caer a plomo, caer en picado | |
| Nouns | plump | the sound of a sudden heavy fall |
| Meaning | Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down | |
| Broader | set down, put down, place down | Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place |
| Spanish | entablar | |
| Meaning | make fat or plump. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "We will plump out that poor starving child" | |
| Synonyms | fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump out, fatten out, fatten up | |
| Entails | feed, give | Give food to |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | cebar, engordar, sainar | |
| Catalan | encebar-se, encebar, engreixar-se, engreixar, saginar | |
| Meaning | Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "I plumped for the losing candidates" | |
| Synonym | go | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
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