Plump, ad. Suddenly, heavily.
Plumpness, n. Fulness, chubbiness, roundness.
Plunder, v. a. Pillage, spoil, despoil, rob, rifle, sack, ravage, fleece, strip, lay waste.
Plunder, n.
- 1. Robbery, rapine, booty, spoil, pillage, prey.
- 2. [Southern and Western U.S.] Baggage, luggage, goods, effects.
Plunderer, n. Robber, pillager, spoiler.
Plunge, v. a. Immerse, submerge, dip, souse, douse, put under water (or other liquid).
Plunge, v. n. Dive, pitch, thrust one’s self, cast one’s self.
Plunge, n. Dive, dip, ducking.
Plunger, n.
- 1. Diver.
- 2. Piston.
Plus, ad. [L.] More, in addition.
Pluto, n. Orcus, Tartarus, Dis, Hades.
Plutonian, Plutonic, a. Subterranean, dark, infernal.
Pluvial, a. Rainy, humid, pluvious.
Pluviameter, Pluviometer, n. Rain-gauge.
Ply, v. a.
- 1. Employ, apply, keep busy.
- 2. Exercise, practise, put in practice.
- 3. Press hard, beset, assail briskly, lay on.
- 4. Urge, solicit, importune.
- 5. Offer repeatedly, present urgently, urge upon, press upon.