plume

Meaning of plume

noun
  1. a long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament.
    a hat with a jaunty ostrich plume
  2. a long cloud of smoke or vapour resembling a feather as it spreads from its point of origin.
    as he spoke, the word was accompanied by a white plume of breath
  3. a localized column of hotter magma rising by convection in the mantle, believed to cause volcanic activity in locations away from plate margins.
verb
  1. spread out in a shape resembling a feather.
    smoke plumed from the chimneys
  2. (of a bird) preen itself.

late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pluma ‘down’.

Information about plume

  • The plural form of plume is: plumes.
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Hyphenation of plume

plume

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • plume is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

plume synonyms

Meaning feather:

feather, plumage

Meaning overcharge:

overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, pluck, rob, hook

Meaning pride:

pride, congratulate

Meaning preen:

preen, primp, dress

Meaning a comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal:

crest

Meaning any of the main wing or tail feathers of a bird:

quill

Meaning the rudimentary shoot or stem of an embryo plant:

plumule

Meaning the outer part of a bird's wing including the flight feathers:

pinion

Translation of plume

Words that rhyme with plume

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