plump

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  1. adjective Well-rounded and full in form; chubby. See Synonyms at fat.
  2. adjective Abundant; ample: a plump reward.
  3. transitive verb To make well-rounded or full in form: plumped up the pillows.
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  1. Middle English, dull, probably from Middle Low German plomp, blunt, thick.
  2. Middle English plumpen, to immerse quickly, perhaps from Middle Low German, probably of imitative origin.

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  1. from Middle English plomp, rude, clownish (not found in literally sense), = Dutch plomp = Middle Low German Low German plump, plomp, bulky, unwieldy, dull, clownish, = Germanplump = Swedish Dan.plump, bulky, massive, clumsy, coarse (the G., and prob. Scandinavian, from the D.); prob. orig. ‘swollen,’ from the past participle of the dial. (orig. strong) verb plim, swell; but more or less associated with plump, plumb.
  2. from Middle English plump, plomp, a cluster, clump; from plump, a. Cf. clump.
  3. from plump, a.
  4. from Middle English plumpen. = Dutch plompen = German plumpen, plumpsen, fall like a stone in the water, = Swedish plumpa = Danish plumpe, plump, plunge; connected with plump, adv.: words felt to be imitative, and so subject to variation (German plumpsen, etc.), but prob. ult. due to L. plumbum, lead, whence also ult. English plunge, plump: see plumb, plunge.
  5. An elliptical use of plump, v. Cf. plumb, adv.
  6. from plump, v. Cf. plumb, a.
  7. from plump, v.
 

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