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  1. 1. adv. Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once. Source: opted
  5. 5. a. To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. t. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2. Source: opted
  9. 9. a. & v. Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. Source: opted
  10. 10. adj. sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. the sound of a sudden heavy fall Source: wordnet
  12. 12. adv. straight down especially heavily or abruptly Source: wordnet

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