Definition of plume. Meaning of plume. Synonyms of plume

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word plume. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word plume and, of course, plume synonyms and on the right images related to the word plume.

Definition of plume

Plume
Plume Plume, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pluming.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to cover with feathers.] 1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink. Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W. Irving. 2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden. 3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. ``Farewell the plumed troop.' --Shak. 4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. --South. Plumed adder (Zo["o]l.), an African viper (Vipera, or Clotho cornuta), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also horned viper and hornsman. Plumed partridge (Zo["o]l.), the California mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under Mountain.

Meaning of plume from wikipedia

- Look up plume or plumes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plume or plumes may refer to: Plume (feather), a prominent bird feather Plume (fluid dynamics)...
- Volcanic plume or volcanic plume may refer to: Eruption plume, a column of hot volcanic ash and gas emitted into the atmosphere during an explosive volcanic...
- mantle plume is a proposed mechanism of convection within the Earth's mantle, hypothesized to explain anomalous volcanism. Because the plume head partially...
- A plume is a special type of bird feather, possessed by egrets, ostriches, birds of paradise, quetzals, pheasants, pea****s and quails. They often have...
- preserve an author's long-term anonymity. The French-language phrase nom de plume is occasionally still seen as a synonym for the English term "pen name"...
- Plume is a publishing company in the United States, founded in 1970 as the trade paperback imprint of New American Library. Today it is a division of...
- Plume hunting is the hunting of wild birds to harvest their feathers, especially the more decorative plumes which were sold for use as ornamentation,...
- Mike Plume (born May 28, 1968) is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick. Canadian singer-songwriter Mike...
- Justicia carnea, the Brazilian plume flower, Brazilian-plume, flamingo flower, or jacobinia, is a flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae. The perennial...
- In hydrodynamics, a plume or a column is a vertical body of one fluid moving through another. Several effects control the motion of the fluid, including...