Usage examples (8)

• Noun : the brilliant plume of a peacock. ,the plume of an egret
• Verb (used with object) : She sat before the mirror, pluming herself upon her beauty
• Leaving the hot desert behind, we waded and splashed in some of the pools fed by plumelike waterfalls, surrounded by flowers and ferns, and canopied at places by reeds.
• The motion that caught his attention was the sudden stiffening of the antennae as he spoke, the two plumelike organs expanding sideways and pointing diagonally forward,...