attenuate vs plump

attenuate

verb
  • To become thin or fine; to grow less. 

  • To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal. 

  • To weaken. 

  • To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree. 

  • To rarefy. 

  • (of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol. 

  • To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus. 

  • To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying. 

adj
  • Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base. 

plump

verb
  • To grow plump; to swell out. 

  • To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily. 

  • To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up. 

  • To give a plumper (kind of vote). 

  • To give (a vote), as a plumper. 

  • To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once. 

  • To favor or decide in favor of something. 

adv
  • Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly. 

noun
  • The sound of a sudden heavy fall. 

  • A group of geese flying close together. 

adj
  • Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight. 

  • Fat. 

  • Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright. 

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