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Plume   /plum/   Listen
Plume

noun
1.
Anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness.  "Grass with large plumes"
2.
A feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament.
3.
The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds.  Synonyms: feather, plumage.
verb
(past & past part. plumed; pres. part. pluming)
1.
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price.  Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, rob, soak, surcharge.
2.
Be proud of.  Synonyms: congratulate, pride.
3.
Deck with a plume.
4.
Clean with one's bill.  Synonym: preen.
5.
Form a plume.  "The engine was pluming black smoke"
6.
Dress or groom with elaborate care.  Synonyms: dress, preen, primp.



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"Plume" Quotes from Famous Books



... in whispers Stirred the withered bunch-grass plume, Humming hymns of resurrection Over nature's silent tomb, And the fleeing clouds of heaven, Bending low at God's command, Spilled their tribute from the ocean On the long-forsaken land, And the sun, with mellow kindness Spread abroad his softened rays, Calling bud ...
— Nancy MacIntyre • Lester Shepard Parker
... forward a step or two, her fan going gently to and fro, stirring the barbs of the white plume that formed part of ...
— The Lion's Skin • Rafael Sabatini
... are wet around his breast, The plume hangs dripping from his crest, His eyes are blur'd with the lightning's glare, And his ears are stunned with the thunder's blare, But he gave a shout, and his blade he drew, He thrust before and he struck behind, Till he pierced their cloudy bodies through, And gashed their shadowy limbs ...
— The Culprit Fay - and Other Poems • Joseph Rodman Drake
... from within. She turned the knob, and found the door unlocked. "Peter," she called again, and the big cat came forth, his tail waving like a plume. ...
— Glory of Youth • Temple Bailey
... are the lov'd ones who dwelt on our floor? They have drank of the goblet of death's bitterness, And have gone to the deep, to return never more; Their mansions bewail them in tears and distress; Yet has paradise lovelier mansions in store; Of the worth of the plume the dove strips from its dress Were their views, save in ...
— Targum • George Borrow


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