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plump up

plump up verb: to make plumper.

Verb

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

  1. To make plumper
  2. To shake or arrange (a pillow etc) so as to be fatter or more evenly distributed
    • Please plump up the pillows.

Forms of plump up

third-person singular presentplumps up
present participleplumping up
past participleplumped up
pastplumped up

Questions about plump up

What does plump up mean?
Plump up means to make plumper.
What part of speech is plump up?
Plump up is a verb.
What is the past tense of plump up?
The past tense of plump up is plumped up.

Words near plump up in the dictionary

  1. plumosity
  2. plumous
  3. plump
  4. plump down
  5. plump for
  6. plump up
  7. plumpage
  8. plumped
  9. plumped down
  10. plumped for
  11. plumped up

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