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to plump

to plump

5 3.8
To make someone or something fuller and rounder
  • verb
  • /plʌmp/
translation icon : rellenar
  • The pressure and serum help to plump skin, which minimizes the appearance of wrinkles and increases circulation.
  • plump the pillows
  • plump the skin
  • plump the lips

It's very pricey and it does plump a little bit.

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Examples

  • The pillows could stay, she decided, newly plumped and rearranged as they were.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Shall I plump the cushion on Mrs. Brown's chair?

    Nanny McPhee (2005)

  • I can try as I might to plump it up, but nothing will cure me for real.

  • May decided that this was the moment to plump up the pillows.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • This is a really good way to moisturize and plump those lips.

  • And this hydrates and plumps them ever so slightly.

  • She's attending to him, pulling back the sheets, plumping up the pillows.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • "Shelby plumped the pillows behind her back and held out her arms for Laurie.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Joanne busied herself neatening her mother's bedcovers, plumping up pillows, remaining silent.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • To make the pie crust flaky, you should plump it with a few extra minutes of kneading before rolling it out.

Synonyms

to fatten
vsto plump
45 2.2

To make an animal gain weight and a sauce taste richer by giving more or richer food

also covers nonfeeding actions like fluffing or adding material
to fill out
vsto plump
14 2.8

To become or make something fuller by adding more

is narrower in method, also including fluffing and feeding approaches
to fatten up
vsto plump
10 2.3

To give extra food so a person or animal gains weight

is broader, applying to feeding and physical reshaping methods
to shake up
vsto plump
10 3.5

To move something quickly so it becomes fluffier or looser

is broader, including adding substance or feeding to increase fullness
to fat
vsto plump
8 7.7

To make someone gain body weight

is wider, also covering nonweight ways to make shapes fuller
to puff up
vsto plump
2 4.4

To make something larger or more full, for example by filling it with air

differs by focusing on added mass or reshaping rather than inflation
to plump up
vsto plump
1 4.5

To make a pillow or cushion fuller by fluffing it

is broader, including feeding and adding as well as fluffing
to plump out
vsto plump
  • UK
6.1

To make someone or something rounder and fuller

is more general, covering adding, fluffing, or feeding methods
to fatten out
vsto plump
4.9

To make an animal or person gain weight

is similar but also includes gentle surface rearrangement like fluffing
to enflesh
vsto plump
9.9

To make an animal or person fatter

is broader, including both tissue gain and external shaping actions

Antonyms

to flatten
23 2.6

Make something flat and smooth by pressing it

to deflate
18 3.1

To let air out of something so it becomes smaller or loses its shape

Phrasal Verbs

to plump up
1 4.5

To make a pillow or cushion fuller by fluffing it

to plump for
  • UK
1 7.3

Choose someone or something after thinking about other options

to plump down
  • UK
7.2

To put something or yourself down suddenly and heavily, often making a noise

to plump down
  • UK
6.0

To sit down suddenly in a heavy, relaxed way

to plump out
  • UK
6.1

To make someone or something rounder and fuller

How Full

to fatten
45 2.2
to plump
5 3.8
to fill
∞ 1.0
to pad
39 3.1

Surface Forms

plump infinitive
plumped past
plumped past participle
plumping present participle
plumps third person singular

Etymology

Plump as a verb grew from the same idea of roundness and fullness, like filling a cushion or feeding an animal until it is rounded. So to plump someone up is 'to make fuller or fatter'.