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plims

plims is the third-person singular simple present indicative of plim.

Meaning of plim

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

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Questions about plims

What is plims the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Plims is the third-person singular simple present indicative of plim.

Words near plims in the dictionary

  1. plimming
  2. Plimpton
  3. Plimptonesque
  4. Plimptonian
  5. Plimptons
  6. plims
  7. plimsol
  8. plimsole
  9. plimsoled
  10. plimsoles
  11. plimsoll

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