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plim

/plɪm/

plim adjective: plump; full.

Adjective

plim (comparative more plim, superlative most plim)

  1. (South-Wales) plump; full

Verb

plim (third-person singular simple present plims, present participle plimming, simple past and past participle plimmed)

  1. (South-Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up.
    • "Don't that make your bosom plim?"1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 32

Forms of plim

Adjective
comparativemore plim
superlativemost plim
Verb
third-person singular presentplims
present participleplimming
past participleplimmed
pastplimmed

Words that rhyme with plim

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Questions about plim

What does plim mean?
Plim means plump; full.
What part of speech is plim?
Plim can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce plim?
Plim is pronounced /plɪm/.

Words near plim in the dictionary

  1. plightless
  2. plightly
  3. plights
  4. plighty
  5. pligs
  6. plim
  7. plimmed
  8. Plimmer
  9. Plimmers
  10. Plimmerton
  11. plimmies

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