plump
plump /pl'ʌmp/ (plumper plumpest plumps plumping plumped)
1 [ADJ]
You can describe someone or something as plump to indicate that they are rather fat or rounded.
Maria was small and plump with a mass of curly hair...
...red pears, ripe peaches and plump nectarines.
● plumpness [N-UNCOUNT]
There was a sturdy plumpness about her hips.
2 [VERB] V n
If you plump a pillow or cushion, you shake it and hit it gently so that it goes back into a rounded shape.
She panics when people pop in unexpectedly, rushing round plumping cushions.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
Plump up means the same as plump.
`You need to rest,' she told her reassuringly as she moved to plump up her pillows.
3 [VERB] V for n
If you plump for someone or something, you choose them, often after hesitating or thinking carefully. (mainly BRIT)
I think Tessa should plump for Malcolm, her long-suffering admirer.
1 [ADJ]
You can describe someone or something as plump to indicate that they are rather fat or rounded.
Maria was small and plump with a mass of curly hair...
...red pears, ripe peaches and plump nectarines.
● plumpness [N-UNCOUNT]
There was a sturdy plumpness about her hips.
2 [VERB] V n
If you plump a pillow or cushion, you shake it and hit it gently so that it goes back into a rounded shape.
She panics when people pop in unexpectedly, rushing round plumping cushions.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
Plump up means the same as plump.
`You need to rest,' she told her reassuringly as she moved to plump up her pillows.
3 [VERB] V for n
If you plump for someone or something, you choose them, often after hesitating or thinking carefully. (mainly BRIT)
I think Tessa should plump for Malcolm, her long-suffering admirer.