"plim" meaning in English

See plim in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /plɪm/, [pʰlɪm] Forms: more plim [comparative], most plim [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪm Head templates: {{en-adj}} plim (comparative more plim, superlative most plim)
  1. (chiefly South Wales) plump; full Tags: South-Wales
    Sense id: en-plim-en-adj-8cGpISh8 Categories (other): South Wales English

Verb

IPA: /plɪm/, [pʰlɪm] Forms: plims [present, singular, third-person], plimming [participle, present], plimmed [participle, past], plimmed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪm Head templates: {{en-verb}} plim (third-person singular simple present plims, present participle plimming, simple past and past participle plimmed)
  1. (chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up. Tags: South-Wales
    Sense id: en-plim-en-verb-AUa~opu9 Categories (other): South Wales English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 16 14 6 19 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 13 6 19 46

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "more plim",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most plim",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "plump; full"
      ],
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        [
          "plump",
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        ],
        [
          "full",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly South Wales) plump; full"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/plɪm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰlɪm]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plim"
}

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    {
      "form": "plims",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plimming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plimmed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plimmed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
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              28,
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          ],
          "ref": "1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 32:",
          "text": "\"Don't that make your bosom plim?\"",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To swell or inflate; to fill up."
      ],
      "id": "en-plim-en-verb-AUa~opu9",
      "links": [
        [
          "swell",
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        ],
        [
          "inflate",
          "inflate"
        ],
        [
          "fill up",
          "fill up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/plɪm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰlɪm]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "English lemmas",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪm",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪm/1 syllable"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more plim",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most plim",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "South Wales English"
      ],
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        "plump; full"
      ],
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        [
          "plump",
          "plump"
        ],
        [
          "full",
          "full"
        ]
      ],
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        "(chiefly South Wales) plump; full"
      ],
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        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/plɪm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰlɪm]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    }
  ],
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪm",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪm/1 syllable"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "plims",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plimmed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plimmed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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          "text": "\"Don't that make your bosom plim?\"",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To swell or inflate; to fill up."
      ],
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          "swell",
          "swell"
        ],
        [
          "inflate",
          "inflate"
        ],
        [
          "fill up",
          "fill up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/plɪm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰlɪm]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plim"
}

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