[
UK
/plˈuːm/
]
[ US /ˈpɫum/ ]
[ US /ˈpɫum/ ]
VERB
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clean with one's bill
The birds preened -
deck with a plume
a plumed helmet -
form a plume
The chimneys were pluming the sky
The engine was pluming black smoke -
be proud of
He prides himself on making it into law school - rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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dress or groom with elaborate care
She likes to dress when going to the opera
NOUN
- the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
- a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
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anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness
grass with large plumes
a plume of smoke
How To Use plume In A Sentence
- Many scientists think that hotspots mark locations where diapiric convection cells, called mantle ‘plumes’, rise beneath lithospheric plates.
- Thus basal primates might have used ethanol plumes to locate ripening fruits as well as associated fauna.
- For two days it had been snowing, great flakes so plume-like that they seemed almost artificial, making one think of the blizzards which originate high in theatre-flies under the sovereignty of a stage-hand who sweats at his task of controlling the elements. Then I'll Come Back to You
- Fragrant blossoms like plumeria and gardenia are especially nice.
- Instead, his dull eyes flicked disinterestedly from ice house to ice house, noting the plume of smoke drifting from each.
- Finally we were outside and he was walking beside me in his favourite cloak that made him look like a captain, something he had always wanted to be and his wide brimmed hat with the feather plume.
- The crew braces for shock, the boat shudders and a giant plume of boat wash is the only mark left in the faint moonlight as the boat races forward into harm's way.
- Another man came from behind me and removed his richly plumed helmet.
- For similar reasons, deep rips in the crust often accompany the arrival of plumes at the surface.
- One team takes samples and finds a plume of oil. Times, Sunday Times
