plume
/ˈplum/ verbe C2En français : emplumer, se lisser les plumes, se targuer
- To adorn, cover, or furnish with feathers or plumes, or as if with feathers or plumes.
- Chiefly of a bird: to arrange and preen the feathers of, specifically in preparation for flight; hence (figurative), to prepare for (something).
- To congratulate (oneself) proudly, especially concerning something unimportant or when taking credit for another person's effort; to self-congratulate; to preen. · He plumes himself on his skill.
- Of a dispersed substance such as dust or smoke: to fan out or spread in a cloud. · Smoke plumed from his pipe, then slowly settled towards the floor.
Pluriel plume · He/she/it plumes · Prétérit plumed · Participe passé plumed · Forme en -ing pluming
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- plume
- He/she/it
- plumes
- Prétérit
- plumed
- Participe passé
- plumed
- Forme en -ing
- pluming
Dans la bibliothèque
“Porlock, Watson, is a nom-de-plume, a mere identification mark; but behind it lies a shifty and evasive personality.
Where was the wholesome punishment upon which she, Marilla, had plumed herself?
We each write under a nom-de-plume.
But the skilful manner in which Dantès had handled the lugger had entirely reassured him; and then, when he saw the light plume of smoke floating above the bastion of the Château d’If, and heard the distant report, he was instantly struck with the idea that he had on board his vessel one whose coming and going, like that of kings, was accompanied with salutes of artillery.
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