plum
noun
- generally blue or purple stone fruit
- deep purple color
adjective
- deep purple color
- desirable or preferred
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /plʌm/ / /plʊm/
adj
Etymology: Phonetically based spelling of plumb.
- Plumb.
adv
Etymology: Phonetically based spelling of plumb.
- Completely; utterly.
“You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.”
name
- A surname.
- A place name:
- A place name:
- A place name:
- A place name:
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.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- The fruit and its tree.
- 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!””
- Extended senses.
“He […] acquired a plentiful fortune, tho', to his infinite regret, he died before it amounted to a Plum […].”
- 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.”
- Extended senses.
- Extended senses.
- Extended senses.
verb
Etymology: Phonetically based spelling of plumb.
- To plumb.