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plum

noun

  1. generally blue or purple stone fruit
  2. deep purple color
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adjective

  1. deep purple color
  2. desirable or preferred
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /plʌm/ / /plʊm/

adj

Etymology: Phonetically based spelling of plumb.

  1. Plumb.

adv

Etymology: Phonetically based spelling of plumb.

  1. Completely; utterly.

    You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A place name:
  3. A place name:
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Anatolianbor. Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon)bor. Latin prūnum Vulgar Latin *prūmabor. Proto-West Germanic *plūmā Old English plūme Middle English plomme English plum From Middle English plomme, ploume, from Old English plūme, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, borrowed from Latin prūnum. Doublet of prune.

  1. The fruit and its tree.
  2. The fruit and its tree.
  3. The fruit and its tree.
  4. The fruit and its tree.
  5. The fruit and its tree.
  6. The fruit and its tree.
  7. The fruit and its tree.
  8. The fruit and its tree.
  9. The fruit and its tree.
  10. The fruit and its tree.
  11. The fruit and its tree.
  12. The fruit and its tree.
  13. The fruit and its tree.
  14. The fruit and its tree.
  15. The fruit and its tree.

    “Bright boy! here’s a plum for you,” and Polly threw a plump raisin into his mouth.

    Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating a Christmas pie; he put in his thumb, and he took out a plum, and said, “What a good boy am I!”

  16. Extended senses.

    He […] acquired a plentiful fortune, tho', to his infinite regret, he died before it amounted to a Plum […].

  17. Extended senses.

    The mayor rewarded his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for handsome pay.

    Such chances as this do not fall to a man's lot twice; but Edmond Werdet relates a story very similar indeed, and where also the "plums" fell into the lap of a London dealer.

  18. Extended senses.
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verb

Etymology: Phonetically based spelling of plumb.

  1. To plumb.