plumed
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Decorated with feathers: Having feathers attached, especially as an ornament.
- Having a feather-like structure or growth: Resembling or bearing a plume or tuft.
- Abounding in plumes: Covered with or characterized by an abundance of feathers.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The knight wore a plumed helmet into the tournament.
- We saw a plumed bird standing by the water's edge.
- The dancer's costume was plumed with ostrich feathers.
Advanced Usage
- "Plumed" can describe natural features, such as plants or seeds that have feathery appendages for wind dispersal.
- The dandelion's plumed seeds floated away on the breeze.
- In heraldry and historical description, it specifically denotes ornamental feathers on helmets or hats.
- The portrait showed the general in his plumed bicorne hat.
Variants and Related Words
- Plume (noun): A long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used for ornament.
- Plume (verb): To decorate with feathers; to preen and arrange feathers (of a bird).
- Plumage (noun): A bird's feathers collectively.
- Plumose (adjective): Having feathers or plumes; feathery in form.
Synonyms
- Feathered: Covered with or having feathers.
- Crested: Having a tuft or growth of feathers, fur, or skin on the head.
- Plumy: Resembling or consisting of a plume or feathers.
Related Phrases and Idioms
(This word is primarily a descriptive adjective and is not commonly used in phrasal verbs or idioms. Its usage is largely literal.)
Adjective
- (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume
- having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft
- having or covered with or abounding in plumes
- the plumed serpent
- white-plumed egrets