They opened the glass door, and on a bench near the tree they saw a plump girl, who doubtless had just arrived, pretending to clean t squealing infant.
Ils ouvrirent la porte vitrée, et trouvèrent sur un banc, près de l’arbre, une grosse fille, débarquée sans doute à l’instant même, qui essuyait le derrière de son enfant avec un morceau de journal.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
A rich landowner, Monsieur Roudier, with a plump, insinuating face, used to discourse there for hours altogether, with all the passion of an Orleanist whose calculations had been upset by the fall of Louis Philippe.
Un riche propriétaire, M. Roudier, au visage grassouillet et insinuant, y discourait des heures entières, avec la passion d’un orléaniste que la chute de Louis-Philippe avait dérangé dans ses calculs.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
She was dressed, like Rachel, in sober gray, with the muslin folded neatly across her round, plump little chest.
De même que Rachel, elle était vêtue de gris, et un fichu de mousseline se croisait sur son sein rebondi.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
But a lady came in--a woman of over forty, short and extremely plump, and still attractive with her small features and pretty smile swamped in fat.
Une dame entra, qui avait dépassé la quarantaine, petite et ronde, jolie encore, avec ses traits menus, ses gentils sourires, noyés dans la graisse.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
The woman had a tall, plump figure, and was certainly more than sixty years of age; but she evidently took care of her person, and had a smiling mien, with a long, full face and almost venerable white hair.
Elle était forte et grasse, avait sûrement dépassé la soixantaine, mais soignée, riante, avec une longue face pleine que de respectables cheveux blancs encadraient.
Zola, Emile / FruitfulnessZola, Emile / Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Les Quatre Evangiles - Fecondite
Zola, Emile
Fruitfulness
Zola, Emile
Then the plump man, mopping his brow with a silk handkerchief, announced that he must have a tub.
Puis le gros homme, s'épongeant le front à l'aide d'un foulard de soie, déclara qu'il allait prendre un tub.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
Pierre bowed, and pressed the small, plump, supple hand which the prelate offered him.
Pierre s’inclina, serra la petite main grasse et souple que le prélat lui tendait.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Thereupon Nani offered Pierre his plump, supple, shapely hand, a hand soft like a woman's but with the grasp of a vice.
Il tendit sa jolie main, souple et grasse, une douce main de femme, mais dont l’étreinte avait la force d’un étau de fer.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
They are beautifully plump; I fattened them up for you.
Ah! les gredins, sont-ils gras! Je les ai engraissés pour vous....
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
He did not appear changed at all. If anything, he looked better than he bad done before. He was sleek and plump, and cleanly shaved.
D'ailleurs, il n'avait point changé; il se portait même mieux, gros et gras, la barbe faite, les yeux clairs.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
What astonished Claude the most was that he did not recognise her, for she had become plump, round, and fair skinned, instead of thin and sunburnt as he had known her.
Et ce qui étonnait Claude, c’était qu’il ne la reconnaissait pas, devenue très grasse, ronde et blonde, de maigre et brûlée qu’elle était.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
She was already too far gone to pour forth the babble of good plump grandmothers; she adored the child in secret with the bashfulness of a young girl, without knowing how to fondle him.
Elle était trop morte déjà pour avoir les effusions bavardes des grand-mères bonnes et grasses; elle adorait l’orphelin secrètement, avec des pudeurs de jeune fille, sans pouvoir trouver des caresses.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
He was in evening dress--a short coat and black tie, as was the other, whom I called in my own mind the plump one.
Il était en habit de soirée – smoking et cravate noire – comme l'autre, que j'appelais en moi-même le gros.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
When he came back with it, he laid it on a stone table in front of the house, and exclaimed with an expression of satisfaction: Isn't it a plump, splendid fellow? '
Quand il eut rapporté le poulet, il l'étendit sur la table de pierre, devant la maison, en murmurant d'un air ravi: --Hein? est-il gras, ce gaillard-là!
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
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plump
noun
Singular
Plural
Common case
plump
plumps
Possessive case
plump's
plumps'
plump
adjective
Positive degree
plump
Comparative degree
plumper
Superlative degree
plumpest
plump
verb
Basic forms
Past
plumped
Imperative
plump
Present Participle (Participle I)
plumping
Past Participle (Participle II)
plumped
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I plump
we plump
you plump
you plump
he/she/it plumps
they plump
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am plumping
we are plumping
you are plumping
you are plumping
he/she/it is plumping
they are plumping
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have plumped
we have plumped
you have plumped
you have plumped
he/she/it has plumped
they have plumped
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been plumping
we have been plumping
you have been plumping
you have been plumping
he/she/it has been plumping
they have been plumping
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I plumped
we plumped
you plumped
you plumped
he/she/it plumped
they plumped
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was plumping
we were plumping
you were plumping
you were plumping
he/she/it was plumping
they were plumping
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had plumped
we had plumped
you had plumped
you had plumped
he/she/it had plumped
they had plumped
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been plumping
we had been plumping
you had been plumping
you had been plumping
he/she/it had been plumping
they had been plumping
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will plump
we shall/will plump
you will plump
you will plump
he/she/it will plump
they will plump
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be plumping
we shall/will be plumping
you will be plumping
you will be plumping
he/she/it will be plumping
they will be plumping
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have plumped
we shall/will have plumped
you will have plumped
you will have plumped
he/she/it will have plumped
they will have plumped
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been plumping
we shall/will have been plumping
you will have been plumping
you will have been plumping
he/she/it will have been plumping
they will have been plumping
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would plump
we should/would plump
you would plump
you would plump
he/she/it would plump
they would plump
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be plumping
we should/would be plumping
you would be plumping
you would be plumping
he/she/it would be plumping
they would be plumping
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have plumped
we should/would have plumped
you would have plumped
you would have plumped
he/she/it would have plumped
they would have plumped
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice