BLUME | • Blume prop.n. A surname from German. • Blume prop.n. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Carl (Karl) Ludwig von Blume (1796-1862). • BLUME v. to blossom. |
DEPLUME | • deplume v. (Transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage. • deplume v. (Transitive, figuratively) To lay bare; to expose. • DEPLUME v. to deprive of feathers. |
DISPLUME | • displume v. To deprive of feathers or plumes. • displume v. To strip of an award. • DISPLUME v. to deprive of feathers. |
EMPLUME | • emplume v. (Transitive) To furnish with a plume. • EMPLUME v. (archaic) to provide with a plume. |
FILOPLUME | • filoplume n. (Zoology, archaic) A hair-like feather; a feather with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length. • FILOPLUME n. a slender hairlike feather. |
FLUME | • flume n. A ravine or gorge, usually one with water running through. • flume n. An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids. • flume v. (Transitive) To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough. |
GLUME | • glume n. (Botany) A basal, membranous, outer sterile husk or bract in the flowers of grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae). • GLUME n. an outer sterile bract enclosing the spikelet in grasses. |
ILLUME | • illume v. (Archaic) To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright. • ILLUME v. to light up. |
MULTIVOLUME | • multivolume adj. (Of a written work) Having multiple volumes. • multivolume adj. (Computing) Of or relating to more than one volume, or storage area. • MULTIVOLUME adj. comprising more than one volume. |
PLUME | • plume n. (Archaic, literary and poetic) A feather of a bird, especially a large or showy one used as a decoration. • plume n. (Archaic, literary and poetic) A cluster of feathers worn as an ornament, especially on a helmet; a hackle. • plume n. (Figurative) A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward. |
REILLUME | • reillume v. (Archaic) To light again; to reilluminate. • REILLUME v. to light again. |
RELUME | • relume v. (Transitive, now rare) To rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively). • relume v. (Transitive, now rare) To make clear or bright again. • RELUME v. to light again, also RELUMINE. |
SEMIPLUME | • semiplume n. (Zoology) A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather. • SEMIPLUME n. a feather with an ordinary shaft but a downy web. |
UNPLUME | • unplume v. (Transitive) To strip of plumes or feathers. • unplume v. (Transitive, by extension) To humiliate. • UNPLUME v. to strip of feathers. |
VOLUME | • volume n. A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in… • volume n. Strength of sound; loudness. • volume n. The issues of a periodical over a period of one year. |