plume
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(verb) form a plume: "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke" |
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Related Words: form, shape |
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(verb) deck with a plume, as of a helmet |
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Related Words: bedeck, bedight, deck |
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(noun) a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament |
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Related Words: adornment, aigret, aigrette, panache |
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(verb) clean with one's bill, of birds |
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Synonyms: preen |
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Related Words: arrange, clean, make clean, set up |
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(verb) be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school" |
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Synonyms: congratulate, pride |
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Related Words: feel pride, take pride |
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(noun) the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds |
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Synonyms: feather, plumage |
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Related Words: aftershaft, alula, animal material, bastard wing, body covering, contour feather, down, flight feather, hackle, marabou, pinion, quill, quill feather, scapular, sickle feather, spurious wing |
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(verb) dress or groom with elaborate care |
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Synonyms: dress, preen, primp |
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Related Words: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price |
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Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, rob, soak, surcharge |
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Related Words: beat, cheat, extort, gouge, rack, rip off, sell short, wring |
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