plume
part of speech
noun (a plume, plumes); verb (plume, plumes, plumed, pluming — rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) A large, soft, beautiful feather, or a bunch of feathers worn as decoration. tree →
2) A long cloud of smoke, steam, dust or water that rises and spreads out. tree →
3) verb (rare): To rise in a plume, or for a bird to tidy its feathers. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories, knights and soldiers wear plumes on their helmets; peacocks show off plumes. In geography and science, a volcano sends up a plume of ash; a factory sends plumes of smoke; a whale's breath makes a plume of spray. Phrases: «a plume of smoke», «a plume of ash», «feathered plume», «plume of steam».
examples
- A plume of smoke rose from the chimney. tree →
- The volcano sent a huge plume of ash into the sky. tree →
- The knight wore a red plume on his helmet. tree →
- The peacock shook its plumes. tree →
- The whale blew a plume of spray. tree →
- Planes could not fly through the ash plume. tree →
- So he picked up some castoff feathers of the Peacocks and stuck them among his own black plumes. tree →
note
Countable: a plume, plumes. Related: plumage (all of a bird's feathers). Pronounced «ploom». Trap: do not confuse with «plum» (a fruit) or «plumber».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «plume» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.