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Plumping

To grow plump; to swell out.

📖 Definitions of "Plumping"

verb
  1. 1

    To grow plump; to swell out.

    "Her cheeks have plumped."

  2. 2

    To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.

    "to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water"

  3. 3

    To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.

    "to plump a stone into water"

  4. 4

    To give a plumper (kind of vote).

verb
  1. 1

    To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is plumped.

🔄 Synonyms of "Plumping"

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WordDefinition
largenounOf considerable or relatively great size or extent.
bignounOf great size, large.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Plumping"

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bigverb(transitive) To inhabit; occupy.
largenounOf considerable or relatively great size or extent.
plumingverbThe act by which something is plumed.
pleatingnounAn action or arrangement in which something is pleated.
puddlingnounThe process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids.
plungingverbThat descends steeply.
impletionnounAn act of filling; the state of being full.
stuffingnounAny of many food items used to stuff another.
paludificationnounThe formation or expansion of swamp or bog.
fill-innounA temporary replacement for another, especially at a job.
fillingnounAnything that is used to fill something.
swampingverbAn act of swamping (drenching or filling with water).
gatherverbTo collect normally separate things.
squashingverbThe act by which something is squashed; a pressing.
pottingnounThe placing of something in a pot.
fill-upnounAlternative form of fillup. [An act or process of filling up; a replenishment.]
plasteringnounThe act or process of overlaying with plaster.
pluggingnounThe insertion of an object, usually a sex toy, into the anus or vagina.
fillverb(transitive, ergative) To make full
crammingnounAn intensive course of hard study, as for an examination.

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