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unplume

unplume verb: to strip of plumes or feathers.

Verb

unplume (third-person singular simple present unplumes, present participle unpluming, simple past and past participle unplumed)

  1. (transitive) To strip of plumes or feathers.
    • "If I unplume and unjewel my cap," said the youth, tearing off, as he spoke, the feather and brooch that were its ornaments, and dashing them to the earth, […]1841, Blackwood's Lady's Magazine, volume X, page 306

Forms of unplume

third-person singular presentunplumes
present participleunpluming
past participleunplumed
pastunplumed

Origin of unplume

From un- + plume.

Questions about unplume

What does unplume mean?
Unplume means to strip of plumes or feathers.
What part of speech is unplume?
Unplume is a verb.
What is the past tense of unplume?
The past tense of unplume is unplumed.

Words near unplume in the dictionary

  1. unplumbable
  2. unplumbed
  3. unplumbered
  4. unplumbing
  5. unplumbs
  6. unplume
  7. unplumed
  8. unplumes
  9. unpluming
  10. unplummetable
  11. unplummeted

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