English Dictionary

plump

IPA（発音記号）

/plʌmp/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

(intransitive) To grow plump; to swell out. / (transitive) To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up. / (transitive) To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.

日本語の意味

（自動詞）ふくれる、膨らむ、太る / （他動詞）（物を）ふくませる、丸々にする / （他動詞）（物を）一気に、重く落とす

After several weeks of rich feed, the piglets began to plump.

数週間の豊富な餌を与えられたあと、子豚たちは丸々と太り始めた。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To grow plump; to swell out.

Her cheeks have plumped.

意味（2）

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

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

意味（3）

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

to plump a stone into water

意味（4）

(intransitive) To give a plumper (kind of vote).

意味（5）

(transitive) To give (a vote), as a plumper.

意味（6）

(transitive with for) To favor or decide in favor of something.

A recent poll by the New York Times found that although most Brazilians plump for arch-rival Argentina as the team they most want to lose, the second-biggest group want Brazil itself to stumble.

plumps （ present singular third-person ）

plumping （ participle present ）

plumped （ participle past ）

plumped （ past ）