plump for in English

Forms: plumps for [present, singular, third-person], plumping for [participle, present], plumped for [participle, past], plumped for [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} plump for (third-person singular simple present plumps for, present participle plumping for, simple past and past participle plumped for)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plumps for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plumping for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plumped for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plumped for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The entire dessert menu was tempting, but I plumped for the cheesecake.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To choose; to select."
      ],
      "id": "en-plump_for-en-verb-kF1hKdCZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, informal) To choose; to select."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "plump for"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plumps for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plumping for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plumped for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plumped for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "plump for (third-person singular simple present plumps for, present participle plumping for, simple past and past participle plumped for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"for\"",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The entire dessert menu was tempting, but I plumped for the cheesecake.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To choose; to select."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choose",
          "choose"
        ],
        [
          "select",
          "select"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, informal) To choose; to select."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "plump for"
}

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"plump for" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms