Meaning

3 senses
  1. The sound of a sudden heavy fall.

    the sound of a sudden heavy fall

  2. (collective)A group of ducks or geese migrating, or sometimes other groups of birds.

  3. (obsolete)A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.

    a plump of trees, fowls, or spears

Examples

34 sentences
  1. Tom is plump.

  2. He always tended to be plump.

    ruОн всегда был склонен к полноте. — marafon

  3. She always tended to be plump.

    ruОна всегда была склонна к полноте. — marafon

  4. Ziri plumped down on the sofa.

  5. Ziri was plumping up his pillow.

Origin

From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, Germ

From Middle English plumpen, akin to Middle Dutch plompen, Middle Low German plumpen, German plumpsen.

Inherited from Middle English plump.

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Forms

plural: plumps
Singularplump
Pluralplumps

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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