plumps

Verb (1)

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

1. (intransitive) To grow plump; to swell out.
   • Her cheeks have plumped.
2. (transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
   • to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water
3. (intransitive) To give a plumper (kind of vote).
4. (transitive) To give (a vote), as a plumper.
5. (intransitive) To favor or decide in favor of.
   • A recent poll by the New York Times found that although most Brazilians plump for arch-rival Argentina as the team they most want to lose, the second-biggest group want Brazil itself to stumble.2014, “Brazil in a nutshell”, in The Economist

Verb (2)

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

1. (transitive) To cast or let drop (something) all at once, suddenly and heavily.
   • to plump a stone into water

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