Verb

(surg)

(lb) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.

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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03, author=David S. Senchina, volume=101, issue=2, page=134

, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Athletics and Herbal Supplements , passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}

To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.

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*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 2, work=BBC

, title= Wales 2-1 Montenegro , passage=Wales began the second half as they ended the first, closing down Montenegro quickly and the pressure told as Bale surged into the box and pulled the ball back for skipper Ramsey, arriving on cue, to double their lead.}}

To slack off a line.

Verb

(en verb)

To grow ; to swell out.

Her cheeks have plumped .

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

* Spectator

Dulcissa plumps into a chair.

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

* Fuller

to plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles

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

to plump a stone into water

To give a plumper (kind of vote).

To give (a vote), as a plumper.

(used with for) To favor or decide in favor of something.

"A recent poll by the New York Times found that although most Brazilians plump for arch-rival Argentina as the team they most want to lose, the second-biggest group want Brazil itself to stumble." source: http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21600983-brazilian-workers-are-gloriously-unproductive-economy-grow-they-must-snap-out