PLUME
What does "PLUME" mean?
A long, soft feather or cluster of feathers, often used for ornament.
Meanings
- A long, conspicuous feather or display of feathers. The knight's helmet was crowned with a scarlet plume.
- A trailing column of smoke, dust, water, or vapour rising or spreading through a medium. A plume of ash drifted east from the erupting volcano.
- To preen or smooth feathers; or to pride oneself on something. She plumed herself on never missing a deadline. formal
Did you know?
- The fashion for feathered hats was so destructive to birds that women horrified by the 'plume trade' founded the RSPB in 1889 to stop it - a vanity that accidentally launched modern bird conservation.
Word origin
From Latin 'pluma' (a small soft feather, down), through Old French 'plume' into Middle English.
Remember it
A PLUME is a feather, and the word ends in 'ume' - picture a feather you blow up into the air with a soft 'uuume'.
A little poem
One feather, lifted-
the whole bird is somewhere else,
and the wind has weight.
haiku
Wordplay
- The volcano's plume and the peacock's plume agree on one thing: it's all just showing off until someone gets hurt.
What it teaches
The lightest thing you carry - a feather, a boast - is still the thing people see first.
Quick facts
What does PLUME mean?
A long, soft feather or cluster of feathers, often used for ornament.
Is PLUME a valid word?
Yes — PLUME is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PLUME?
PLUME has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does PLUME come from?
From Latin 'pluma' (a small soft feather, down), through Old French 'plume' into Middle English.
What can PLUME teach us?
The lightest thing you carry - a feather, a boast - is still the thing people see first.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.