PLUMP OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plump out mean? 

• PLUMP OUT (verb)
  The verb PLUMP OUT has 2 senses:

1. depart suddenly

2. make fat or plump

  Familiarity information: PLUMP OUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLUMP OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Depart suddenly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

He plumped out of the house

Hypernyms (to "plump out" is one way to...):

depart; quit; take leave (go away or leave)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make fat or plump

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

fat; fatten; fatten out; fatten up; fill out; flesh out; plump; plump out

Context example:

We will plump out that poor starving child

Hypernyms (to "plump out" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

"Plump out" entails doing...:

feed; give (give food to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody