to plume
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6.3
- verb
- /plum/
:
formar penachos
- She makes a happy face in the sun with smoke pluming from the chimney of a house.
- breath plumed
- smoke plumed
- dust plumed
Examples
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As the dragon breathed fire, flames plumed into the air with a brilliant display.
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Smoke was pluming from federal buildings.
Fiction book (1999) -
Breath pluming from their mouths.
Fiction book (1996) -
Their breath in the car plumed and frosted the windshield with jungle shapes.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's still freezing in here and our breath is pluming clouds, but already the heaters are starting to whir; already Janey is sliding into the pilot seat, slamming on the engines.
Fiction book (1998) -
The smoke plumed from the chimney, creating a beautiful silhouette against the sunset.
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His breath plumed in the cold air, visible like a small cloud before dissipating.
Synonyms
27
5.3
To rise and move in large, wave-like shapes, like smoke or cloth
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2.7
Move up into the air like smoke or mist
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4.6
To give off visible smoke or gas from something
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
A plant that lives for several years with thick yellow flower spikes and blue-green divided leaves
A tall American annual with hairy stems, long red flower spikes, and seeds used as cereal
A perennial plant with leathery blue-green divided leaves and thick yellow flower spikes
An annual plant with broad rounded leaves and long thin clusters of red hanging flowers
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Etymology
The verb plume is also from Latin pluma 'soft feather' because steam or smoke can rise and spread like a feather. So to plume is to rise or spread into a feather-like shape.