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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1. Michael Carroll:

   In this case, because we were talking about essentially ingredients that go into latex paint, we would have been able to see a kind of white plume under the river surface.

2. Gay Sheffield:

   This is the northern edge of the plume.

3. 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.

4. Scott Landes:

   Air conditions are expected to worsen this weekend as a massive plume of wildfire smoke from Northern California fires approaches Colorado from The West. Impacts will begin to be felt as early as Friday afternoon with smoke spreading across the state over the weekend.

5. Park Superintendent Cindy Orlando:

   We understand and commiserate with our community and visitors about the prolonged closure, but we can not provide safe access to the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii section of the park as long as these very unpredictable dangers threaten the safety of park staff and visitors, unlike lava, which you can see coming and avoid, we can not see or predict earthquakes, nor can we foresee a summit explosion, but both threats continue. HAWAII'S KIM VOWS TO REBUILD FROM VOLCANO WITH HELP OF FEMA, AS SCIENTISTS SAY THE WORST IS YET TO COME Damage to Jaggar Museum overlook following 5.5 magnitude earthquake on June 3, 2018. ( NPS Photo) The summit area in particular has been also struck by several earthquakes that have damaged at least three park buildings, fractured park roads, and snapped water lines, according to the National Park Service. A magnitude 5.5 earthquake rattled the summit area at 3:50 p.m. on June 3, cracking the overlook deck at Jaggar Museum. Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii RANKED AMONG TOP 10 MOST DANGEROUS IN US A large plume of ash after an earthquake near the summit of Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii volcano on May 25, 2018. ( NPS Photo) Over the weekend, the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported more than 500 earthquakes in a 24-hour period – the most ever measured by HVO scientists.