From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plump \Plump\, n.
A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of
trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.]
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To visit islands and the plumps of men. --Chapman.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plump \Plump\, v. i. [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa,
Dan. plumpe. See Plump, a.]
1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
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2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once."Dulcissa
plumps into a chair." --Spectator.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plump \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plumping.]
1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
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To plump up the hollowness of their history with
improbable miracles. --Fuller.
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2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as,
to plump a stone into water.
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3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plump \Plump\ (pl[u^]mp), a. [Compar. Plumper
(pl[u^]mp"[~e]r); superl. Plumpest.] [OE. plomp rude,
clumsy; akin to D. plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of
imitative origin. Cf. Plump, adv.]
1. Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump
baby; plump cheeks. --Shak.
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The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. --T.
Carew.
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2. Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation;
blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.
After the plump statement that the author was at
Erceldoune and spake with Thomas. --Saintsbury.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plump \Plump\, adv. [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps.
Cf. Plump, a. & v.]
Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. "Fall plump." --Beau. &
Fl.
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