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Plume| Noun | 1. | plume - a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornamentadornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness aigret, aigrette - a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume panache - a feathered plume on a helmet | | | 2. | plume - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birdsbird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings aftershaft - a supplementary feather (usually small) on the underside of the base of the shaft of some feathers in some birds contour feather - feathers covering the body of an adult bird and determining its shape marabou - downy feathers of marabou storks used for trimming garments web, vane - the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft hackle - long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants scapular - a feather covering the shoulder of a bird ceratin, keratin - a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair feathers nails and hooves melanin - insoluble pigments that account for the color of e.g. skin and scales and feathers | | | Verb | 1. | plume - rip off; ask an unreasonable priceextort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" | | | 2. | plume - be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school"feel, experience - undergo an emotional sensation; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" | | | 3. | plume - deck with a plume; "a plumed helmet" | | | 4. | plume - clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth" | | | 5. | plume - form a plume; "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke"shape, form - give a shape or form to; "shape the dough" | | | 6. | plume - dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up, gussy up, overdress, prink, get up - put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party" dress, get dressed - put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" | |
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