verb
Meaning 1
To strip of feathers or plumage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: defeather
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deplume
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/diːˈpluːm/
verb
Meaning 2
To lay bare; to expose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To condense excess water vapor from the flue gas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
strip of feathers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pull a chicken
- pluck the capon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pluck, pull, tear, deplumate, displume
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: strip
verb
Meaning 5
strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: displume
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
History
Etymology
From French déplumer, from Latin dēplūmō, from dē- + plūmō (“to cover with feathers”), from plūma (“feather”). Compare dēplūmis (“featherless”).