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Pluming
/ˈpluːmɪŋ/
To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
📖 Definitions of "Pluming"
verb
- 1
To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
- 2
Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence , to prepare for (something).
- 3
(by extension) To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate.
"He plumes himself on his skill."
- 4
To strip (a bird) of feathers; to pluck.
noun
- 1
The act by which something is plumed.
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