deplume (redirected from depluming)

de·plume  (d-plm)

tr.v. de·plumed, de·plum·ing, de·plumes

To pluck the feathers from.

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[Middle English deplumen, from Old French deplumer, from Medieval Latin dplmre : Latin d-, de- + Latin plma, feather.]

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deplu·mation n.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	deplume - strip of honors, possessions, or attributes displume despoil, foray, pillage, ransack, reave, rifle, loot, plunder, strip - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
	2.	deplume - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" deplumate, displume, tear, pluck, pull strip - remove the surface from; "strip wood"