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plumes

 
Noun plume has 2 senses
  1. plume - a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
    --1 is a kind of
    adornment
    --1 has particulars: aigrette, aigret; panache
    Derived form: verb plume3
  2. 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:
     down, down feather; aftershaft; contour feather; bastard wing, alula, spurious wing; marabou; hackle; flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather; scapular
    Derived forms: verb plume3, verb plume4
Verb plume has 6 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. plume - deck with a plume; "a plumed helmet"
    --3 is one way to
    deck, bedight, bedeck
    Derived forms: noun plume1, noun plume2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. preen, plume - clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"
    --4 is a kind of arrange, set up; clean, make clean
    Derived form: noun plume2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  5. 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
  6. 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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