'Deplume' definitions:
Definition of 'deplume'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Deplume'
From: GCIDE
- Deplume \De*plume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deplumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Depluming.] [LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless, and F. d['e]plumer.]
- 1. To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage. [1913 Webster]
- On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To lay bare; to expose. [1913 Webster]
- The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deplume'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abase,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- boot,
- bounce,
- break,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- bring shame upon,
- bump,
- bust,
- can,
- cashier,
- cast reproach upon,
- debase,
- defrock,
- degrade,
- demote,
- denude,
- depose,
- deprive,
- despoil,
- disbar,
- discharge,
- discredit,
- disemploy,
- disgrace,
- disgrade,
- dishonor,
- dismiss,
- displace,
- displume,
- divest,
- downgrade,
- drain,
- drum out,
- dry,
- exhaust,
- expel,
- fire,
- flay,
- fleece,
- furlough,
- give the ax,
- give the gate,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- impoverish,
- impute shame to,
- kick,
- kick upstairs,
- lay off,
- let go,
- let out,
- lower,
- make redundant,
- milk,
- pension off,
- pick clean,
- pillory,
- pluck,
- put to shame,
- read out of,
- reduce,
- reflect discredit upon,
- release,
- remove,
- replace,
- reproach,
- retire,
- sack,
- separate forcibly,
- shame,
- shear,
- skin,
- strip,
- strip bare,
- strip of rank,
- suck dry,
- superannuate,
- surplus,
- suspend,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- unfrock