📖 Definitions of "Plumping"
verb
- 1
To grow plump; to swell out.
"Her cheeks have plumped."
- 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
To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.
"to plump a stone into water"
- 4
To give a plumper (kind of vote).
verb
- 1
To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
noun
- 1
The act by which something is plumped.
🔄 Synonyms of "Plumping"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Plumping"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bigverb | (transitive) To inhabit; occupy. |
| largenoun | Of considerable or relatively great size or extent. |
| plumingverb | The act by which something is plumed. |
| pleatingnoun | An action or arrangement in which something is pleated. |
| puddlingnoun | The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids. |
| plungingverb | That descends steeply. |
| impletionnoun | An act of filling; the state of being full. |
| stuffingnoun | Any of many food items used to stuff another. |
| paludificationnoun | The formation or expansion of swamp or bog. |
| fill-innoun | A temporary replacement for another, especially at a job. |
| fillingnoun | Anything that is used to fill something. |
| swampingverb | An act of swamping (drenching or filling with water). |
| gatherverb | To collect normally separate things. |
| squashingverb | The act by which something is squashed; a pressing. |
| pottingnoun | The placing of something in a pot. |
| fill-upnoun | Alternative form of fillup. [An act or process of filling up; a replenishment.] |
| plasteringnoun | The act or process of overlaying with plaster. |
| pluggingnoun | The insertion of an object, usually a sex toy, into the anus or vagina. |
| fillverb | (transitive, ergative) To make full |
| crammingnoun | An intensive course of hard study, as for an examination. |
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