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Plume

speaker

Meaning

Noun

A
of a
, especially a large or
one used as a decoration.
A
of
as an
, especially on a
; a hackle.
A
of
or
; that on
; a
or reward.
The
(“flattened, web-like part”) of a
, especially when on a
or the
of an arrow.
Short for
(“a small,
of the family Pterophoridae”).
  • Things
    a feather.
  • An upward
    of
    or water.
  • In Astronomy:
  • Things
    a feather.
  • An
    of
    (chiefly
    )
    from the
    of a star.
  • In Botany:
  • Things
    a feather.
  • A large and
    of an
    a
    , such
    certain large
    grasses.
  • In Geology:
  • Things
    a feather.
  • Short for
    (“an
    of
    from the Earth's
    which
    sideways when it
    the lithosphere”).
  • In Zoology:
  • Things
    a feather.
  • A
    a feather.
  • The
    of certain
    (such as the Samoyed) that
    over their
    or
    erect.
  • A
    a feather.;More
    : a
    of some
    and molluscs.
  • Verb

    To
    ,
    , or
    with
    or
    , or
    with
    or
    .
    Chiefly of a
    : to
    and
    the
    of,
    in
    for
    ; hence (figurative), to
    for (something).
    To
    (oneself)
    , especially
    something
    or when
    another person's
    ; to self-congratulate.
  • To
    (a
    ) of
    ; to pluck.
  • To
    , to
    ; to
    ; also, to
    of power.
  • In Falconry:
  • To
    (a
    ) of
    ; to pluck.
  • Of a
    : to
    the
    from prey.
  • Of a
    such as
    or
    : to
    or
    in a cloud.
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