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to displume

to displume

9.9
To remove feathers from a bird
  • verb
  • /dɪsˈplum/
  • Archaic
translation icon : desplumar
  • The cook began to displume the pheasants for the evening meal.

Examples

  • He carefully displumed the birds before preparing them for roasting.

  • The farmer displumed the chickens for their feathers.

  • In the old tales, noblemen would displume their conquests as a sign of victory.

  • They displumed the bird carefully.

  • The cook began to displume the pheasants for the evening meal.

  • He carefully displumed the birds before preparing them for roasting.

  • The farmer displumed the chickens for their feathers.

Synonyms

to pluck
vsto displume
26 5.6

To remove the feathers from a bird before cooking

is the general act of stripping feathers beyond culinary contexts
to deplume
vsto displume
  • Archaic
9.9

To pull the feathers off a bird before cooking

is the general act often used also for cooking or display
to deplumate
vsto displume
  • Archaic
9.9

To remove the feathers from a bird

is similar but focuses less on force and more on removal

How Thorough

to strip
  • Specialized
1 6.5
to displume
  • Archaic
9.9
to pluck
77 3.5
to pick at
5 3.8

Surface Forms

displume infinitive
displumed past
displumed past participle
displuming present participle
displumes third person singular

Morphology

displume = plume (semi-transparent) = dis + plume

The meaning 'remove feathers from' is fairly inferable from dis- plus 'plume', but the privative use of dis- and the literary noun 'plume' make it less than fully obvious for many learners.

Etymology

Displume comes from dis- meaning 'remove' and plume meaning 'feather', so it literally means to take the feathers off a bird, or to pluck it.