Word Meanings - DUMPY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. From Dump a short ill-shapen piece. 1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout. 2. Sullen or discontented. Halliwell.
Related words: (words related to DUMPY)
- THICKENING
Something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker. - THICK WIND
A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema. - THICK
1. Frequently; fast; quick. 2. Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown. 3. To a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure. Thick and threefold, in quick succession, or in great numbers. L'Estrange. - SHORT-WITED
Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment. - THICK-SKINNED
Having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse. Holland. - THICKNESS
The quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective). - SHORT CIRCUIT
A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity. - THICKSET
1. A close or thick hedge. 2. A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen. McElrath. - THICK-WINDED
Affected with thick wind. - THICKBILL
The bullfinch. - PIECER
1. One who pieces; a patcher. 2. A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads. - SHORT-HANDED
Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers. - SHORTHEAD
A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors. - SHORTCAKE
An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked. - PIECEMEALED
Divided into pieces. - SHORTLY
1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. Chaucer. I shall grow jealous of you shortly. Shak. The armies came shortly in view of each other. Clarendon. 2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in - PIECE
1. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out. Shak. 2. To unite; to join; to combine. Fuller. His adversaries . . . pieced themselves together in a joint opposition - THICK-SKULLED
Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn. - SHORT-JOINTED
Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short. - PIECEMEAL
1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. "On which it piecemeal brake." Chapman. The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson. 2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession. Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. Pope. - SPARPIECE
The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt. - DRIFTPIECE
An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail. - CODPIECE
A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke. - DISCONTENT
Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor. Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan. - AFTERPIECE
The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment. - FIELDPIECE
A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun. - BACKPIECE; BACKPLATE
A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.