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# plump

«plump» in Mova's school dictionary: **a little fat and round in a pleasant way: "a plump baby"…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (plump, plumper, plumpest); verb (plump, plumps, plumped, plumping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Plump means a little fat and round in a pleasant way: "a plump baby", "plump cheeks". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/#m1)

2) Plump food is full and juicy: "plump strawberries". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/#m2)

3) (verb) To plump up a cushion or pillow means to shake it so it gets round and soft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/#m3)

4) (verb, informal) To plump for something means to choose it after thinking: "I'll plump for the chocolate cake". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/#m4)

5) (verb, informal) To plump down means to sit or drop down heavily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, plump is a kind word for a body that is round, used for babies, robins and friendly cooks. It is gentler than "fat" (a euphemism). In cooking, raisins plump up when soaked in water. Phrases: plump up, plump for, plump cheeks, plump and juicy.

### examples

- The baby has plump rosy cheeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/#x1)
- We picked plump, juicy blackberries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/#x2)
- The robin looked plump in the cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/#x3)
- Mum plumped up the cushions on the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/#x4)
- I can't decide... I'll plump for the pizza. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/#x5)
- He plumped down on the sofa, tired out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/#x6)
- The raisins plumped up in the warm water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/#x7)

### note

Comparison: plumper, plumpest. Plump is a polite or kind word; "fat" can be rude about people. Opposite: thin, skinny.

### In the corpora

- ["Curvy" usually means a woman is plump, with a rounded shape.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/6/)
- ["Rubenesque" means plump and attractive, after the painter Rubens, who painted round women.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/14/)
- ["Pleasingly plump" is an old-fashioned way to say fat in a nice-looking way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «plump» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plump/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.