unplume

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verb

To strip of plumes or feathers.

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Meanings

verbunplume (third-person singular simple present unplumes, present participle unpluming, simple past and past participle unplumed)

present singular third person unplumes · participle present unpluming · participle past unplumed · past unplumed

  1. transitiveTo 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
plume

Origin

From un- + plume.

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Cite this entry
APA

unplume. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplume

MLA

“unplume.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplume. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unplume,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unplume.

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