'Plumed' definitions:
Definition of 'plumed'
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Definition of 'Plumed'
From: GCIDE
- Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pluming.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to cover with feathers.]
- 1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink. [1913 Webster]
- Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. "Farewell the plumed troop." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Plumed adder (Zool.), an African viper (Vipera cornuta, syn. Clotho cornuta), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also horned viper and hornsman.
- Plumed partridge (Zool.), the California mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under Mountain. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'plumed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adorned,
- beaded,
- bedecked,
- bedizened,
- befrilled,
- bejeweled,
- beribboned,
- bespangled,
- capped,
- crested,
- crowned,
- decked out,
- decorated,
- embellished,
- feathered,
- festooned,
- figured,
- flowered,
- garnished,
- headed,
- jeweled,
- ornamented,
- peaked,
- spangled,
- spangly,
- studded,
- tipped,
- topped,
- tricked out,
- trimmed,
- wreathed
Words containing 'Plumed'
- Plume,
- Pluming,
- Plume bird,
- Plume grass,
- Plume moth,
- Plume nutmeg,
- Plumed adder,
- Plumed partridge,
- Silver Plume,
- crested plumed having a decorative plume,
- desert plume,
- plume corals,
- plume poppy,
- plume thistle,
- plumed scorpionfish,
- plumed thistle,
- plumed tussock,
- scarlet plume,
- Nom de plume,
- Silver Plume, CO,
- plume-tipped,
- prince's-plume,
- prince-of-wales plume