plume

1. 1.

   anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness

   “a plume of smoke”

   “grass with large plumes”

   Broadershape
2. 2.

   a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament

   Broaderadornment

   Narroweraigrettepanache
3. 3.

   the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

   Synonymsfeatherplumage

   Broaderbody coveringanimal material

   Narrowerdownaftershaftcontour featherbastard wingmarabouhackleflight featherscapular

   Part ofbird

   Partsvanequill

Other forms of plume

plural

plumes·

past tense

plumed·

present participle

pluming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about plume

What does plume mean?

plume means "rip off; ask an unreasonable price". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in plume?

plume has 1 syllable: plume. In IPA it is /ˈplum/.

What is another word for plume?

Close synonyms include overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plume a common word?

plume is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.