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Pronunciation: [plˈuːmz] (IPA)

Plumes are often associated with feathers, but they can also refer to anything that rises in a plume-like shape. The term can be used to describe anything from a fountain's spray to a cloud of smoke. Synonyms for plumes include feathers, quills, down, tufts, fluff, and wisps. On a grander scale, plumes can refer to the geologic phenomenon of volcanic vents, where magma erupts in an upward, plume-like shape. In weather forecasting, plumes can be used to represent the range of possibilities for future weather patterns. Whether referring to a small tuft of feathers or a massive volcanic eruption, the term "plumes" continues to be used to depict upward, feather-like structures.
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Usage examples for Plumes

I like plumes, you know, although they is a bit extra.
"Liza of Lambeth"
W. Somerset Maugham
It was as silent as a phantom, and with arched neck and motionless plumes seemed to watch me with an earnestness that presently grew insufferable.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
It looked like massed plumes of feathers-all golden-green.
"Son of Power"
Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost

Famous quotes with Plumes

  • Your death and my death are mainly of importance to ourselves. The black plumes will be stripped off our hearses within the hour; tears will dry, hurt hearts close again, our graves grow level with the church-yard, and although we are away, the world wags on. It does not miss us; and those who are near us, when the first strangeness of vacancy wears off, will not miss us much either.
    Alexander Smith
  • The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
    Aesop
  • I looked down the long lines of waving black plumes and stern faces beneath them, and sighed to think that within one short hour most, if not all, of those magnificent veteran warriors, not a man of whom was under forty years of age, would be laid dead or dying in the dust. It could not be otherwise; they were being condemned, with that wise recklessness of human life which marks the great general, and often saves his forces and attains his ends, to certain slaughter, in order to give their cause and the remainder of the army a chance of success. They were foredoomed to die, and they knew the truth. It was to be their task to engage regiment after regiment of Twala’s army on the narrow strip of green beneath us, till they were exterminated or till the wings found a favourable opportunity for their onslaught. And yet they never hesitated, nor could I detect a sign of fear upon the face of a single warrior. There they were—going to certain death, about to quit the blessed light of day for ever, and yet able to contemplate their doom without a tremor. Even at that moment I could not help contrasting their state of mind with my own, which was far from comfortable, and breathing a sigh of envy and admiration. Never before had I seen such an absolute devotion to the idea of duty, and such a complete indifference to its bitter fruits.
    H. Rider Haggard
  • ("The Land Without Shadow"), Serpent à plumes, Paris, 1994, ISBN 2-908957-31-0
    Abdourahman Waberi
  • ("Harvest of Skulls"), Serpent à plumes, Paris 2004 ISBN 2-7538-0020-0
    Abdourahman Waberi

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