Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks.
Done or made plump, or suddenly and without reservation; blunt; unreserved; direct; downright.
A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears.
To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
To make plump; to fill (out) or support; - often with up.
To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.
A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.
An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.
The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.
Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.
Abounding with fat
Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.
Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.
Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; - said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.
To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
