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Word: Plume
Speech Type: Noun
Old English plum- (in compounds), from Latin pluma ‘down’; subsequently reinforced by Old French plume
pluːm
a long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament
Short Definition:long feather used by bird for display or worn as ornament
Examples:- a hat with a jaunty ostrich plume
a long cloud of smoke or vapour resembling a feather as it spreads from its point of origin
Short Definition:cloud of smoke etc. resembling feather
Examples:- as he spoke, the word was accompanied by a white plume of breath
a localized column of hotter magma rising by convection in the mantle, believed to cause volcanic activity in locations away from plate margins.
Short Definition:column of rising magma in mantle
Word: Plume
Speech Type: Verb
pluːm
spread out in a shape resembling a feather
Short Definition:spread out like feather
Examples:- smoke plumed from the chimneys
(of a bird) preen itself.
Short Definition:(of bird) preen itself
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