noun. A feather, especially a large and showy one.

noun. A large feather, cluster of feathers, or similar ornament worn on a helmet, hat, or horse's harness.

noun. A token of honor or achievement.

noun. A mass or stream of material that resembles a long feather.

noun. An area or section of air, water, or soil containing pollutants released from a point source.

noun. An upwelling of molten material from the earth's mantle.

transitive verb. To decorate, cover, or supply with a plume or plumes.

transitive verb. To smooth or clean (feathers) with the bill or beak; preen.

transitive verb. To congratulate (oneself) in a self-satisfied way.

intransitive verb. To rise or emanate in a plume.

To dress the plumage of, as a bird; preen.

To strip off the plumage of, as a bird; pluck.

To adorn with feathers or plumes; feather; set as a plume; hence, to decorate or adorn (the person) in any way.

To pride; boast: used reflexively: as, to plume one's self on one's skill.

noun. A feather.

noun. A tuft of feathers; a set or bunch of plumes worn as an ornament; an egret; plumery.

noun. Plumage.

noun. A token of honor; a prize won by contest.

noun. In botany, same as plumule, 3.

noun. In entomology: A hair with many fine branches, resembling a little soft feather; a plumate hair.

noun. A plume-moth.

noun. A plumose part or formation, as of the gill of a crustacean or a mollusk.

noun. A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

noun. An ornamental tuft of feathers.

noun. A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers.

noun. A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward.

noun. A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.

noun. any bird that yields ornamental plumes, especially the species of Epimarchus from New Guinea, and some of the herons and egrets, as the white heron of Florida (Ardea candidissima).

noun. The still finer Erianthus Ravennæ from the Mediterranean region. The name is sometimes extended to the whole genus.

noun. any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family Pterophoridæ. Most of them have the wings deeply divided into two or more plumelike lobes. Some species are injurious to the grapevine.

noun. an aromatic Australian tree (Atherosperma moschata), whose numerous carpels are tipped with long plumose persistent styles.

transitive verb. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.

transitive verb. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel.

transitive verb. To adorn with feathers or plumes.

transitive verb. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. the California mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under Mountain.

noun. A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one.

noun. The furry tail of certain dog breeds that stand erect or curl over their backs (eg Samoyed, Malteagle)

noun. A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet.

noun. An upward spray of water or mist.

noun. An upwelling of molten material from the Earth's mantle.

noun. An arc of glowing material erupting from the surface of a star.

verb. To preen and arrange feathers.

verb. To congratulate oneself proudly.

verb. To form a plume

verb. To write; to pen.

verb. be proud of

verb. clean with one's bill

verb. rip off; ask an unreasonable price

""If it has come from something like that, then the airborne bacteria what we call a plume could have travelled over several kilometres given the right weather conditions, and that's the scenario we are looking at now.""

apical plume  plumed adder  plumed bird  plumed pink  

arrange  attire  bedeck  bedight  clean  

Bloom  Blum  Blume  Doom  Hume  

banner  braid  cloak  crest  curl  

bead  bejewel  beribbon  bespangle  boast  

plumed  plumes  pluming