Meaning

3 senses

  1. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

    a plump baby; plump cheeks

    mollig, pummelig

    пу́хлыйpúxlyj, пу́хленькийpúxlenʹkij, по́лныйpólnyj

  2. Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.

  3. Of a wine: giving the sensation of filling the mouth.

More definitions
  • sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure

Examples

34 sentences

  1. Tom is plump.

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  2. He always tended to be plump.

    ruОн всегда был склонен к полноте. — marafon

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  3. She always tended to be plump.

    ruОна всегда была склонна к полноте. — marafon

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  4. Ziri plumped down on the sofa.

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  5. Ziri was plumping up his pillow.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Having a full and rounded shape, chubby:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Having a full and rounded shape, chubby:

Origin

From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low Germa

From Middle English plump, plompe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch plomp or Middle Low German plump. Cognate with Saterland Frisian plump (“plump”).

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Forms

plumper/more plump, plumpest/most plump
Comparativeplumper / more plump Lesson
Superlativeplumpest / most plump Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
roundB1
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words
Relatedplumpness
Derivedoverplumpplumpageplumpieplumpingplumpishplumpitudeplumpkinplumplyplumptiousplumptitudeplumpyunplump

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
plumeC2plummetC1plunderplungeC1
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