Synonyms for plume
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1. plumenoun

   anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness

   "a plume of smoke"; "grass with large plumes"

   Synonyms:
   plumage, feather

2. plumenoun

   a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament

   Synonyms:
   plumage, feather

3. feather, plume, plumageverb

   the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

   Synonyms:
   feathering, plumage, feather

4. overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hookverb

   rip off; ask an unreasonable price

   Synonyms:
   crochet, pride, hook, nobble, dress, congratulate, cull, abstract, preen, glom, douse, sneak, rob, drench, hit it up, lift, displume, pick off, pilfer, roll, swipe, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, cop, accost, souse, pull, pawn, deplume, gazump, hustle, solicit, snare, dowse, snarf, shear, plunk, pluck, primp, snitch, hock, tweak, pinch, filch, knock off, purloin, pick, deplumate, overload, thieve, sop, addict, cabbage, imbue, inebriate, tear, fleece, intoxicate

5. pride, plume, congratulateverb

   be proud of

   "He prides himself on making it into law school"

   Synonyms:
   pride, felicitate, hook, primp, surcharge, overcharge, dress, congratulate, preen, compliment, rob, gazump, fleece, soak, pluck

6. plumeverb

   deck with a plume

   "a plumed helmet"

   Synonyms:
   hook, primp, fleece, surcharge, gazump, overcharge, dress, congratulate, preen, rob, pride, pluck, soak

7. preen, plumeverb

   clean with one's bill

   "The birds preened"

   Synonyms:
   pride, primp, gazump, preen, surcharge, overcharge, dress, hook, rob, congratulate, fleece, soak, pluck

8. plumeverb

   form a plume

   "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke"

   Synonyms:
   hook, primp, fleece, surcharge, gazump, overcharge, dress, congratulate, preen, rob, pride, pluck, soak

9. preen, primp, plume, dressverb

   dress or groom with elaborate care

   "She likes to dress when going to the opera"

   Synonyms:
   line up, pride, decorate, hook, dress, dress out, clip, preen, apparel, rob, primp, prune, garment, lop, trim, soak, overcharge, coif, surcharge, arrange, garb, raiment, coiffe, gazump, groom, coiffure, do, get dressed, pluck, garnish, curry, congratulate, fit out, habilitate, dress up, clothe, tog, cut back, enclothe, set, snip, crop, fleece

Matched Categories

1. • Adornment
   • Cheat
   • Deck
   • Dress Up
   • Feel
   • Shape

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1. plumenoun

   Synonyms:
   feather

2. plumenoun

   Synonyms:
   crest, tuft

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1. plumeverb

   Synonyms:
   preen, prink, pride, vaunt, boast, glory

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1. List of paraphrases for "plume":

   panache, feather, pen, flume, quill, puff

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How to use plume in a sentence?

1. Jim Mura:

   We continue to see dead and dying fish, people using the Kentucky River in the area of the plume will see dead fish and may smell them.

2. Hillsborough Mayor Frank Delcore:

   The smoke plume is diminishing rapidly.

3. Michael Schade:

   We were getting status updates so we knew there were high acuity patients, very, very critical patients, but in the back of our mind we could see a massive plume of [ smoke ] coming from White Island, but as our experience sort of shows, we sort of remain very open-minded, because situations always evolve.

4. Omar Khayyam:

   By Fate full many a heart has been undone, And many a sprightly rose made woe-begone; Plume thee not on thy lusty youth and strength: Full many a bud is blasted ere its bloom.

5. Makoto Moore:

   Plume collapses occur when the heat generated at the surface by The Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire is no longer sufficient to maintain an updraft, it could be because of the fire running out of fuel, or shading of the solar insolation, or any number of reasons, but the energy at the surface is cut and the column collapses due to its own weight and gravity.