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Noun plume has 2 senses
- plume - a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
--1 is a kind of adornment
--1 has particulars: aigrette, aigret; panache
- feather, plume, plumage - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
--2 is a kind of body covering; animal material
--2 is a part of bird
--2 has parts: vane, web; quill, calamus, shaft
--2 has substances: keratin, ceratin; melanin
--2 has particulars:
Verb plume has 6 senses
- overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook - rip off; ask an unreasonable price
--1 is one way to cheat, rip off, chisel
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- pride, plume, congratulate - be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school"
--2 is one way to feel, experience
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- plume - deck with a plume; "a plumed helmet"
--3 is one way to deck, bedight, bedeck
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- preen, plume - clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"
--4 is a kind of arrange, set up; clean, make clean
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- plume - form a plume; "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke"
--5 is one way to shape, form
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- preen, primp, plume, dress - dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
--6 is one way to dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out, overdress
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
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