unplume en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + plume.
Meanings
-
(transitive) To strip of plumes or feathers.
"If I unplume and unjewel my cap," said the youth, tearing off, as he spoke, the feather and brooch that were its ornaments, and dashing them to the earth, […]
1841, Blackwood's Lady's Magazine, volume X, page 306:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unplumed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unplumed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| unplumes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unpluming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |