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--adv. 3 vertically, perpendicularly, straight up and down:
The cord doesn't hang plumb because the shelf is in the way. 4
exactly, precisely, dead, right, accurately, Colloq slap, Brit
bang, spot: The navigator checked our position and we were
plumb on course.
--v. 5 sound, fathom, measure, probe, explore, measure, gauge,
delve, penetrate: The bathyscaphe has plumbed the deeps of the
Indian Ocean. I plumb the depths of depression thinking of
starving people everywhere.
plummet v. See plunge, 1, below.
plump° adj. 1 chubby, stout, fleshy, ample, full-bodied, portly,
tubby, rotund, squat, chunky, buxom, corpulent, roly-poly, fat,
obese, overweight, steatopygous, Brit podgy or US pudgy, Colloq
busty, beamy, hippy, beefy, well-upholstered: They went on a
diet because they were getting a bit plump.
--v. 2 puff up or out: When you get up, please plump up the
pillows on the sofa.
plumpý v. 1 drop, plummet, fall, plunge, dive, sink, collapse, flop:
I was so tired that all I could do was plump down in an armchair
and watch TV. 2 deposit, set or put (down), plunk, plop: She
plumped down the defective mixer on the counter and asked for a
refund. 3 plump for. support, choose, select, back, side with,
campaign for: Given the choice, they plumped for a film rather
than the circus.
--n. 4 drop, plunk, flop, thump, clunk, clump, thud, bump: He
dropped the book on the floor with a plump.
--adv. 5 abruptly, suddenly, directly, unhesitatingly, at once,
unexpectedly, surprisingly, without warning, (all) of a sudden,
plunk, bang: As I came out of the bank, I ran plump into a
policeman.
--adj. 6 direct, unequivocal, unmistakable or unmistakeable,
unambiguous, definite, definitive, blunt, simple, plain,
forthright, downright, straight, matter-of-fact: He asked her
to marry him and she gave him a plump 'no'.