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    DISPLUME

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Strip of feathersplay

    Example:

    pluck the capon

    Synonyms:

    deplumate; deplume; displume; pluck; pull; tear

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "displume" is one way to...):

    strip (remove the surface from)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Strip of honors, possessions, or attributesplay

    Synonyms:

    deplume; displume

    Classified under:

    Verbs of buying, selling, owning

    Hypernyms (to "displume" 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

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