Meaning & use
Plumping
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Making or becoming fuller, rounder, or more swollen; also, dropping down heavily.
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The serum claims to work by plumping fine lines on the skin.
She sat down, plumping herself onto the sofa with a sigh.
A note on using this word
In British dialect, "plumping for" something means firmly choosing or voting for it, an unrelated but common idiomatic use.
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swellingfilling out
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Choosing or deciding on something firmly, especially in voting (British informal: plump for).
In the end, she plumped for the red dress.
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