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unpluming

unpluming is the present participle and gerund of unplume.

Meaning of unplume

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

Questions about unpluming

What is unpluming the present participle and gerund of?
Unpluming is the present participle and gerund of unplume.

Words near unpluming in the dictionary

  1. unplumbing
  2. unplumbs
  3. unplume
  4. unplumed
  5. unplumes
  6. unpluming
  7. unplummetable
  8. unplummeted
  9. unplump
  10. unplundered
  11. unplunge

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