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• v  drop sharply
• v  set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
• v  make fat or plump
• v  give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
• s  very large; of exceptional size for its kind
  won by a plumping majority

• Pi-Sunyer says the plumping of America will put millions of people at an increased risk for diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, gout, arthritis and some forms of cancer.
• For this reason anti-co-op organizations, such as Chicago's National Tax Equality Association (formerly the League to Protect Free Enterprise), are plumping for a change in the .
• A big-boned Southern boy couldn't help plumping up on such fare, eventually growing into a teen who, by his own description, was "fat, uncool and hardly popular with the girls.

• plummet
• plump
• plank
• flump
• plonk
• plop
• plunk
• plump down
• plunk down
• fatten
• fat
• flesh out
• fill out
• plump out
• fatten out
• fatten up
• go

News & Articles

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• The Coolest Skin Hydrator to Put On Your Face
  Illamasqua's newest product name, Hydra Veil Rehydrating Gel, might be slightly confusing. Is it a moisturizer? Is it a treatment? Is it black magic? Well, it's kind of all those things. The clear, jelly-like formula includes ingredients that provide a plumping, hydrating effect on the skin but also smooth out the ... More »
  June 17, 2013 - New York Magazine

Quotes

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• Gordon Strachan in Independent
  It's a tough one,said manager Gordon Strachan. "None of the clubs would have been plumping for Moscow for a couple of reasons. They have been a right good side over the last few years and we may have to play them on Astroturf. I will be...
• Allan Border in CricInfo.com
  England has made a statement of intent by plumping for attacking, youthful exuberance, which is exciting,said Border, a former captain of Australia. "However, I think the Aussies still have too much. The bowlers are well matched, bar the...
• Jay Olshansky in Chicago Tribune
  The creams introduce water back into the skin, so there is a plumping effect,Olshansky said. "But you could get this effect by going to Walgreens and buying Nivea."