Deplume
/diːˈpluːm/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To strip of feathers or plumage. transitive
"On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather."
- 2 strip of feathers wordnet
- 3 To lay bare; to expose. figuratively, transitive
"the exposure and depluming […] of the leading humbugs of the age"
- 4 strip of honors, possessions, or attributes wordnet
- 5 To condense excess water vapor from the flue gas.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather."
Etymology
From French déplumer, from Latin dēplūmō, from dē- + plūmō (“to cover with feathers”), from plūma (“feather”). Compare dēplūmis (“featherless”).