plume

Meaning

Noun

1. A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration.
2. A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle.
3. A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward.
4. The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
5. Short for plume moth (“a small, slender moth of the family Pterophoridae”).
6. Things resembling a feather.
7. Things resembling a feather.
8. Things resembling a feather.
9. Things resembling a feather.
10. Things resembling a feather.
11. Things resembling a feather.
12. Things resembling a feather.
13. Things resembling a feather.

Verb

1. To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
2. Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figurative), to prepare for (something).
3. To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate.
4. To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck.
5. (obsolete) To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck.
6. To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck.
7. Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud.

Concepts

plume

feather

plumage

preen

crest

quill

wing

pride

dress

pluck

aigrette

panache

primp

congratulate

fleece

gazump

hook

overcharge

rob

soak

surcharge

down

column

bristle

ruff

mantle plume

sediment plume

egret-plume

fancy

contour feather

self-satisfaction

triumph

pappus

fledge

dress feathers

arrange feathers

pinion

fender

jet

jet efflux

jet stream

mast

pile

pillar

pole

post

rod

stalk

trabecula

upright

upright bar

feathering

tuft

plume of contaminants

contamination plume

headdress

cart

draw

gouge

hale

schlep

shlep

tug

wrench

wring

spruce up

statue

crow

reek

smoke

curry

currycomb

groom

rake

blade

quill feather

feathers

feather duster

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpluːm/

Etymology

From Late Middle English plum, plume (“feather; plumage”), from Anglo-Norman plum, plume and Middle French, Old French plume, plome (“plumage; down used for stuffing pillows, etc.; pen, quill”) (modern French plume (“feather; pen, quill; pen nib; (figurative) writer”)), and directly from its etymon Latin plūma (“feather; plumage; down”) (compare Late Latin plūma (“pen, quill”)), from Proto-Italic *plouksmā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to fly; to flow; to run; to flap with hands; to splash”).
The English word is a doublet of pluma.