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volumed

volumed

9.9
Having large, rounded puffs like thick smoke
  • adjective
  • /ˈvɑːl.juːmd/
translation icon : abultado
  • Thick, volumed clouds gathered above the mountains before the storm.

Examples

  • The fire sent volumed smoke spiraling into the sky.

  • I saw a volumed mist rising from the lake.

  • He coughed, struggling to see through the volumed haze filling the hallway.

  • The volumed clouds rolled across the sky.

  • Thick, volumed clouds gathered above the mountains before the storm.

  • The fire sent volumed smoke spiraling into the sky.

  • He coughed, struggling to see through the volumed haze filling the hallway.

How Voluminous

billowy
4 6.4
volumed
9.9
puffy
51 2.2
thin
420 1.0
wispy
7 3.8

Surface Forms

volumed positive

Morphology

volumed = volume (semi-transparent) = volume + ed

Formed from 'volume' + -ed meaning 'having volume'; the application to clouds (rounded, billowing masses) is a metaphorical extension that may not be immediately obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Volumed comes from the word volume, which comes from Latin volumen 'a roll' and the verb volvere 'to turn'. Over time volume came to mean 'size' or 'bulk', so volumed describes things that are full or in rounded, billowing masses like thick smoke.