Meaning

2 senses
  1. To make plumper

    make fuller by shaking

  2. To shake or arrange (a pillow etc) so as to be fatter or more evenly distributed

    Please plump up the pillows.

    aufschütteln

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Ziri was plumping up his pillow.

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  2. He plumped up the pillows on the bed.

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  3. I plumped up the pillows and arranged them on the bed.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
shake or arrange so as to be fatter:

Forms

plumps up, plumping up, plumped up, plumped up
Base formplump up · to plump up
3rd person singularplumps up
Present participleplumping up
Past simpleplumped up
Past participleplumped up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyplump up
he, she, itplumps up

Past simpleLesson

all personsplumped up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave plumped up
he, she, ithas plumped up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill plump up

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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