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plume  (plm)
n.
1. A feather, especially a large and showy one.
2. A large feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament or symbol of rank, as on a helmet.
3. A token of honor or achievement.
4. A structure or form that is like a long feather: a plume of smoke.
5. Ecology A space in air, water, or soil containing pollutants released from a point source.
6. Geology An upwelling of molten material from the earth's mantle.
tr.v. plumed, plum·ing, plumes
1. To decorate, cover, or supply with or as if with plumes.
2. To smooth (feathers); preen.
3. To congratulate (oneself) in a self-satisfied way: plumed himself on his victory.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin plma.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.plumed - having or covered with or abounding in plumes; "the plumed serpent"; "white-plumed egrets"
feathered - having or covered with feathers; "our feathered friends"
2.plumed - having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft
biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
feathered - having or covered with feathers; "our feathered friends"
3.plumed - (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume
adorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
Translations
plumed [pluːmd] ADJ [hat] → con plumas; [helmet] → empenachado
plumed
adj helmet etcfedergeschmückt, mit Federschmuck; the peacock with its magnificently plumed tailder Pfau mit seinem prächtigen Schwanzgefieder
plumed [pluːmd] adj (helmet) → chiomato/a
plumed [pluːmd] adj (helmet) → chiomato/a


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Presently there was a distant blare of military music; it came nearer, still nearer, and soon a noble cavalcade wound into view, glorious with plumed helmets and flashing mail and flaunting banners and rich doublets and horse-cloths and gilded spear- heads; and through the muck and swine, and naked brats, and joyous dogs, and shabby huts, it took its gallant way, and in its wake we followed.
We see these beautiful co-adaptations most plainly in the woodpecker and missletoe; and only a little less plainly in the humblest parasite which clings to the hairs of a quadruped or feathers of a bird; in the structure of the beetle which dives through the water; in the plumed seed which is wafted by the gentlest breeze; in short, we see beautiful adaptations everywhere and in every part of the organic world.
When the King, with his gentlemen, entered the armory he was still smarting from the humiliation of De Montfort's reproaches, and as he laid aside his surcoat and plumed hat to take the foils with De Fulm his eyes alighted on the master of fence, Sir Jules de Vac, who was advancing with the King's foil and helmet.
 
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