plume

plume is a 5-letter English word with 18 senses as verb, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. verb. A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.
2. verb. An ornamental tuft of feathers.
3. verb. A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers.
4. verb. A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward.
5. verb. A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
6. transitive verb. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
7. transitive verb. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel.
8. transitive verb. To adorn with feathers or plumes.
9. transitive verb. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill.
10. noun. the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

    Synonyms: feather, plumage

11. noun. a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament
12. noun. anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness

    "a plume of smoke"

    "grass with large plumes"

13. verb. dress or groom with elaborate care

    "She likes to dress when going to the opera"

    Synonyms: dress, preen, primp

14. verb. form a plume

    "The chimneys were pluming the sky"

    "The engine was pluming black smoke"

15. verb. clean with one's bill

    "The birds preened"

    Synonyms: preen

16. verb. deck with a plume

    "a plumed helmet"

17. verb. be proud of

    "He prides himself on making it into law school"

    Synonyms: congratulate, pride

18. verb. rip off; ask an unreasonable price

    Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, rob, soak, surcharge

Synonyms

feather, plumage, dress, preen, primp, congratulate, pride, fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, rob, soak, surcharge

Common word forms

plumed, plumer, plumes, pluming, plumeous, plumeless

Words from these letters

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