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repluming

repluming is the present participle and gerund of replume.

Meaning of replume

Verb

replume (third-person singular simple present replumes, present participle repluming, simple past and past participle replumed)

  1. (transitive) To plume again or differently.
    • In around 1350, Taillevent recorded a peacock cooked and replumed in its plumage, and in 1390 a cookbook gave instructions for half a suckling pig sewn to a half capon, the whole lacquered silver and gold.2015 October 27, “Betty Crocker’s Absurd, Gorgeous Atomic-Age Creations”, in New York Times

Questions about repluming

What is repluming the present participle and gerund of?
Repluming is the present participle and gerund of replume.

Words near repluming in the dictionary

  1. replumbing
  2. replumbs
  3. replume
  4. replumed
  5. replumes
  6. repluming
  7. replums
  8. replunder
  9. replundered
  10. replundering
  11. replunders

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