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Plump for

To choose; to select.

📖 Definitions of "Plump for"

verb
  1. 1

    To choose; to select.

    "The entire dessert menu was tempting, but I plumped for the cheesecake."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Plump for"

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WordDefinition
supportnoun(transitive) To help keep from falling.
backnounAt or near the rear.
endorseverb(transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
plunk forverbbe behind; approve of
plumpHaving a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
plumpenverb(transitive) To make plump; to fatten.
plump upverbTo shake or arrange (a pillow etc) so as to be fatter or more evenly distributed
fluff upverb(transitive) To plump up.
plumnounThe fruit and its tree.
emplumeverb(transitive) To furnish with a plume.
plimnoun(chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up.
plumenounThe vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
plop downverb(ambitransitive) To sit or lie down heavily and inelegantly.
pickverbTo grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
pick outverb(transitive) To select.
plumbnounA little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
pleatnoun(sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
plovernounAny of various wading birds of the subfamily Charadriinae.
positverbTo assume the existence of; to postulate.
plasternoun(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.

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