1. plume - Noun
2. plume - Verb
A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.
An ornamental tuft of feathers.
A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers.
A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward.
A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel.
To adorn with feathers or plumes.
To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill.
Source: Webster's dictionaryLike a young eagle who has lent his plume To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom, See their own feathers pluck'd to wing the dart Which rank corruption destines for their heart. Thomas Moore
They passed a farmhouse, a simple shack surrounded by animals - a lazy burro, clucking chickens, a litter of pigs. The farmhouse stood alone in the desolate landscape. There was no sign of a living person anywhere. And then it was gone, lost in the swirling dust plume of the car. Michael Crichton
Wake, soldier, wake, thy war-horse waits To bear thee to the battle back; Thou slumberest at a foeman's gates,- Thy dog would break thy bivouac; Thy plume is trailing in the dust And thy red falchion gathering rust. Thomas Kibble Hervey
Press where ye see my white plume shine, amidst the ranks of war, And be your oriflamme today the helmet of Navarre. Thomas Babington Macaulay
Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore. Edgar Allan Poe
As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger and her brave crew of heroes who were aboard that fateful day, I am reminded that they truly represented the best of us, as they climbed aloft on a plume of propellant gasses, reaching for the stars, to inspire us who were Earthbound. Buzz Aldrin