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DEPLUME
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strip of feathers
Example:
pluck the capon
Synonyms:
deplumate; deplume; displume; pluck; pull; tear
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "deplume" is one way to...):
strip (remove the surface from)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
Synonyms:
deplume; displume
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "deplume" is one way to...):
despoil; foray; loot; pillage; plunder; ransack; reave; rifle; strip (steal goods; take as spoils)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
