verb
Meaning 1
To deprive of feathers or plumes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
displume
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verb
Meaning 2
To strip of an award.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 3
strip of feathers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pull a chicken
- pluck the capon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: strip
verb
Meaning 4
strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deplume
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English plume English displume From dis- + plume.