: provided with or adorned with or as if with a plume
—often used in combination
a white-plumed egret
Examples of plumed in a Sentence
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Canada's Olympic Team Wide collars, plumed hats and polka dots ...
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Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 21 Aug. 2023
The plumed paradise birds, the great and little egret, blue-throated and amethyst hummingbirds, the bright green Carolina parakeet, the Toco toucan, the lyre bird, the silver pheasant, the velvet bird, the tanager, the resplendent trogon ...
—Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 25 May 2023
Gros painted the extravagantly uniformed general, swathed in gilded sashes and crowned with a red-plumed hat, closer to 6 feet 8.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
Pat Cleveland spun for photographers in head-to-toe sequins, Susanne Bartsch arrived in a fully plumed look, and Jordan Roth brought out his pearls.
—Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2020
Like the Celtic myths that she was told during her childhood, Mexico is full of stories of ancient sorcery, plumed serpents, jaguar gods and the like.
—The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
The desperation re the gorgeous raw material—earth—the sensation of
last night, storms spilled, plumed, odor of
looking for the various directions.
—Jorie Graham, The New Yorker, 22 July 2019
The sleek, dark-plumed birds with striking red crowns fly on command, scoop up a pinch of raspberry from your hand (and use your palm as a napkin to wipe their beaks).
—Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com, 30 May 2019
And while the blacklight obscured all but the collection's fluorescent plumed mini-dresses, geometric-print jackets, and sculptural plastic eyewear during the show's grand conclusion, up until that point, there was lots to take in above the neck.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2019
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Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 21 Aug. 2023
The plumed paradise birds, the great and little egret, blue-throated and amethyst hummingbirds, the bright green Carolina parakeet, the Toco toucan, the lyre bird, the silver pheasant, the velvet bird, the tanager, the resplendent trogon ...
—Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 25 May 2023
Gros painted the extravagantly uniformed general, swathed in gilded sashes and crowned with a red-plumed hat, closer to 6 feet 8.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
Pat Cleveland spun for photographers in head-to-toe sequins, Susanne Bartsch arrived in a fully plumed look, and Jordan Roth brought out his pearls.
—Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2020
Like the Celtic myths that she was told during her childhood, Mexico is full of stories of ancient sorcery, plumed serpents, jaguar gods and the like.
—The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
The desperation re the gorgeous raw material—earth—the sensation of
last night, storms spilled, plumed, odor of
looking for the various directions.
—Jorie Graham, The New Yorker, 22 July 2019
The sleek, dark-plumed birds with striking red crowns fly on command, scoop up a pinch of raspberry from your hand (and use your palm as a napkin to wipe their beaks).
—Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com, 30 May 2019
And while the blacklight obscured all but the collection's fluorescent plumed mini-dresses, geometric-print jackets, and sculptural plastic eyewear during the show's grand conclusion, up until that point, there was lots to take in above the neck.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2019
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First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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in the 15th century
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