plor-ar:(intr.) to cry, weep, shed tears (pri);
-etar, -achar: to whimper, whine, snivel (cf. kri-achar);
-igar: to cause (ulu) to cry; -anto, -ero:
weeper; -isto: (fig.) hired mourner; -anta,
-ema: weeping. V.exp.: vid. lakrim-ifar. — F
plovier-o:(orni.) plover (genus: Charadrius). —
EFI
plu:(adv. of comparison) more, further; -e:
moreover, besides; plu afabla: more amiable; plu bone,
plu juste: better, preferable; plu multi: most
(people); the generality, the majority; plu-mult-eso:
(condition) plurality; plu multo: (the) more (used
substantively); plu mal-e, -a: worse; tante plu ke:
all the more that; dum plu kam: during more than; sempre
plu: more and more; plu kam ul-tempe: more than ever; nek
plu nek min: neither more nor less; quante plu granda la
homo: the bigger the person; quante plu me manjas, tante
plu me drinkas: the more I eat, the more I drink; demandar
plu multo por obtenar min multo: to ask for more to obtain
less; plu multa vino kam aquo: more wine than water; diferar
per plu o min multo: to differ more or less; il esas plu
kompat-inda kam blam-inda: he is more to be pitied than
blamed; remedi-ilo plu mala kam la morbo: a remedy worse
than the disease; Note: Plu can be used by itself before
adjectives and adverbs, but with substantives and verbs mult-a,
-e, grand-a, etc. should be added: lu plu multe, ofte
ocias kam laboras; plu multa aquo. V exp.: Plu
expresas augmento di ula quanto (qua restas o
konsideresas identa a su ipsa); plus (quale la
matematikal signo, quan ol tradukas) signifikas adiciono, do
generale adjunto di ulo ad altro; II-666. Ant.: min.
plu-alt-igar: to make higher, taller; -alt-eskar:
to become higher. Note: Plu to such verbalized adjectives
as above adds the idea of comparison: -alt-igar: to make
higher, taller (i.e. it was high before, or relatively, to make
something higher than something else).
plu-bel-igar: to embellish, beautify.
plu-bon-igar: to better, improve.
plu-cher-igar: to make dearer (in price), raise the price
of; -eskar: to become, grow dearer.
plu-dens-igar: to condense (a liquid): make more dense,
more compact.
plu-dolc-igar: to soften, to render milder. Ex.: La pluvo
pludolcigas la vetero. La vetero pludolceskas. Pludolcigar la
voco.
plu-ferm-igar: to make firm, stout, resolute. Ex.:
Astriktivo plufermigas la pelo. Ruptita gambo plufermeskas diope.
Lua autoritato plufermeskas.
plu-fort-igar: to strengthen.
plu-fresh-igar: to freshen; (fig.) to enliven, give
a filip to. Ex.: La pluvo plufreshigas la aero. Plufreshigar la
korpo, la trupi.
plug-ar:(tr.) to plough; (fig.) to till; -ebla:
arable: fit for tillage; -ilo: a plow. Def.: Sulkizar la
sulo per plugilo. (fig.) Spadagar la tero por plantacar. —
DR
plu-grand-igar:(tr.) to make greater, enlarge,
aggrandize.
plu-hard-igar: to harden: to make (ulo) harder.
plu-kurt-igar: to shorten, make (ulo) shorter; -eskar:
to contract, shrink.
plu-lent-igar: to slow down, abate (ulo); -eskar:
to slacken, flag.
plu-long-igar: (of time) to prolong, protract,
lengthen. V. exp.: vid. prolongar.
plum-o:(of birds) feather, plume; (for writing)
quill, pen; -aro: plumage, feathers (cf. penacho);
collection of pens; -edo: penful (of ink); -fasko:
feather-broom, -duster; -iero: pen-holder; -uyo:
pen-rack; -izar: to feather; -vish-ilo: pen-wiper; -pinselo:
a small feather-brush; fonten- -o: a fountain-pen; ganso-
-o: goose-quill. — eFIS
plump! thump! slap! bang! Def.: Indikanta falo,
precipue di ulo grava, mola, inerta; IV-511
plump-a:(of things) unwieldy, unmanageable from
bulk or weight; (of persons) thick-skulled, dull-witted; -a
mashino, navo: an unwieldy machine, ship; -(ul)o: a
person doltish, clumsy, heavy-bodied, or heavy-witted; dullard,
blockhead, dunce (cf. stult-(ul)o): Def.: Expresas
l’ideo di ulu, ulo grosa, pezoza e (pro to) nehabila o
groteska; IV-605. — D
