plume

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

plumes

1.
(archaic, literary, poetic)(archaic, literary and poetic) A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.
Near-synonym: aigrette
Đồng nghĩa: aigrette
2.
(archaic, literary, poetic)(archaic, literary and poetic) A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle.
Near-synonym: aigrette
Đồng nghĩa: aigrette
3.
(figuratively)(figurative) A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.
Đồng nghĩa: feather in one's cap
4.
The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
5.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of plume moth (“a small, slender moth of the family Pterophoridae”).
6.
Things resembling a feather.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

plumes

V_ing/Gerund

pluming

V_ed/pp

plumedno-table-tags

1.
(also, figuratively, transitive)(transitive, also figurative) To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
Đồng nghĩa: feather, fledge
2.
(reflexive, transitive)Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figurative), to prepare for (something).
3.
(broadly, reflexive, transitive)(transitive, reflexive, by extension) To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate; to preen.
He plumes himself on his skill.
4.
(archaic, transitive)To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck.
Đồng nghĩa: unplume
5.
(intransitive)Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.
Smoke plumed from his pipe, then slowly settled towards the floor.

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Đồng nghĩa

aigrettefeather in one's capfeatherfledge unplume

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Late Middle English plum,plume (feather; plumage), from plum,plume, from Old French plume,plome (feather, plumage), from Latin plūma (feather, plumage) (compare plūma), from Proto-Italic *plouksmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (to fly). pluma.