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plumping up

plumping up is the present participle and gerund of plump up.

Meaning of plump up

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.

Questions about plumping up

What is plumping up the present participle and gerund of?
Plumping up is the present participle and gerund of plump up.

Words near plumping up in the dictionary

  1. plumpiest
  2. plumpiness
  3. plumping
  4. plumping down
  5. plumping for
  6. plumping up
  7. plumpings
  8. plumpish
  9. plumpishly
  10. plumpishness
  11. plumpitude

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