to plump down

  • 11plump — I. verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily < plumped down in the chair > 2. to favor or decide in favor of someone or something strongly or emphatically used&#8230; …

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  • 12plump — plump1 adjective full and rounded in shape. ↘(of a person) rather fat. verb (often plump something up) make or become full and round. Derivatives plumpish adjective plumply adverb plumpness noun plumpy adjective Origin …

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  • 13plump — 1. adj. & v. adj. (esp. of a person or animal or part of the body) having a full rounded shape; fleshy; filled out. v.tr. & intr. (often foll. by up, out) make or become plump; fatten. Derivatives: plumpish adj. plumply adv. plumpness n. plumpy&#8230; …

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  • 14plump something down — set or sit down heavily or unceremoniously. → plump …

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  • 15plump — I adj 1. fleshy, fattish, fat, portly, stout, round, rotund; well rounded, filled out, well fed, rounded, ample, Scot. fodgel; moonish, chubby, tubby, podgy, pudgy; paunchy, Inf. chunky, dumpy, squat, squatty, pursy; round faced, moon faced, roly …

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  • 16plump — Synonyms and related words: abruptly, adipose, ample, at once, back, ballot, bang, beamy, become overweight, beefy, big bellied, bloated, blowzy, blunt, bosomy, brawny, bump, burly, busty, buxom, campaign for, canvass, cast, cast a ballot, cave,&#8230; …

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  • 17plump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. corpulent, fat, chubby, stout, fleshy, buxom, pudgy, rotund; blunt, direct, unqualified. See size. adv. suddenly, directly. v. fatten, fill, distend; blurt; fall; support, root (for); informal, plop …

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  • 18put down — verb 1. cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place (Freq. 6) set down your bags here • Syn: ↑set down, ↑place down • Hypernyms: ↑put, ↑set, ↑place, ↑ …

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  • 19plunk down — verb set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise He planked the money on the table He planked himself into the sofa • Syn: ↑plank, ↑flump, ↑plonk, ↑plop, ↑plunk, ↑plump down, ↑ …

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  • 20set down — verb 1. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑write down, ↑get down, ↑put down • Hypernyms: ↑write • Hyponyms: ↑transcri …

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