plumpings

Acts of swelling

Plumpings are instances of making something fuller or rounder.

The word appears in contexts like cooking, where meat plumpings describe the swelling of flesh during preparation, or cosmetics, where lip plumpings refer to treatments that add volume.

The singular plumping is more common: The plumping of the cushions took only a moment.

cushions

fluffing

Making something fuller

pillowsCushioned head supports
cushionsSoft padded supports
bolstersSupports or cylindrical pillows

padding · stuffing · upholstery · bedding · featherbeds · mattresses · settees · divans · ottomans · throw pillows

fruit

swelling

Abnormal tissue enlargement

ripeningBecoming ready to eat
grapesClustered vine fruit
berriesSmall fleshy fruits

cherries · plums · hydration · juiciness · rain · irrigation · flesh · skin · harvest · orchard

cosmetic

fillers

Bulk-adding substances

injectionsSyringe-administered doses
lipsMouth's outer edges
collagenStructural body protein

hyaluronic · botox · augmentation · enhancement · volumizing · dermal · cheeks · facial · moisturizing · hydrating

poultry

fattening

Promoting weight gain

geesePlural of goose
chickensDomestic fowl for eggs
ducksWaterfowl or evades

turkeys · capons · fowl · birds · force-feeding · foie gras · broilers · finishing · grain-fed · corn-fed

Opposites

physical fullness/volume

plumpingsdeflations

Reductions in volume

flattenings · collapses · compressions · contractions · shrivellings

decisive support/choice

plumpingsrejections

Formal refusals given

oppositions · abandonments · renunciations · repudiations · withdrawals

surface texture/appearance

plumpingswrinklings

Forming small folds

shrivellings · witherings · puckerings · creasings

Phrases

plumping upMaking fuller, rounder
lip plumpingIncreasing mouth fullness cosmetically

Family

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