plume
To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumesTo adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
» The car's exhaust emitted thick plumes of black smoke.
Meaning
7 senses(also, figuratively, transitive)To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
(reflexive, transitive)Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figurative), to prepare for (something).
чи́стить пёрышкиčístitʹ pjóryški
(broadly, reflexive, transitive)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.
хвали́тьсяxvalítʹsja
(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.
(archaic, transitive)To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck.
To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck.
(archaic, broadly, transitive)To peel, to strip completely; to pillage; also, to deprive of power.
(archaic, obsolete, transitive)Of a hawk: to pluck the feathers from prey.
- form a plume
- deck with a plume
- clean with one's bill
- be proud of
Examples
7 sentencesThe car's exhaust emitted thick plumes of black smoke.
There was a plume of smoke coming from the shack.
Follow my white plume!
ruСледуйте за моим белым плюмажем! — marafon
Mount Etna has erupted, sending lava and ash plumes into the Sicilian sky.
ruЭтна извергнулась, отправляя лаву и пепел в сицилийское небо. — astyng
deDer Ätna schleuderte bei einem Ausbruch Lava und Aschewolken in den Himmel Siziliens. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The southern Italian island of Sicily has been covered with a vast plume of smoke and ash.
ruЮжный итальянский остров Сицилия был покрыт огромной завесой из дыма и пепла. — astyng
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Sense 1 (“to adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes”) is derived from Anglo-NormSense 1 (“to adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes”) is derived from Anglo-Norman plumer (“to cover with or provide with feathers”), or its etymon Latin plūmāre, the present active infinitive of plūmō (“to grow feathers, to fledge; to cover with feathers, to feather; to embroider with a feathery pattern”) (and compare Late Latin plūmō (“to attach feathers to arrows; of a hawk: to pluck the feathers from prey; (figurative) to celebrate, praise”)), from plūma (“feather; plumage; down”) (see etymology 1) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
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Forms
plumes, pluming, plumed, plumedSynonyms
16 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle