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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Deplume \De*plume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deplumed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Depluming.] [LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to
cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless,
and F. d['e]plumer.]
1. To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of
plumage.
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On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own
feather. --Fuller.
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2. To lay bare; to expose.
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The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of
the age. --De Quincey.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Deplume \De*plume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deplumed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Depluming.] [LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to
cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless,
and F. d['e]plumer.]
1. To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of
plumage.
On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own
feather. --Fuller.
2. To lay bare; to expose.
The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of
the age. --De Quincey.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
deplume
v 1: strip of honors, possessions, or attributes [syn: displume]
2: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
pluck, pull, tear, deplumate, displume]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
deplume
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage.
2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To lay bare; to expose.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
deplume
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage.
2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To lay bare; to expose.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
deplume
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage.
2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To lay bare; to expose.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
deplume
vb.
1 (lb en transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage.
2 (lb en transitive figuratively) To lay bare; to expose.
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
deplume /dɪplˈuːm/
1. tüylerini yolmak
2. soymak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "deplume":
abase, bleed, bleed white, boot, bounce, break,
bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bump, bust, can,
cashier, cast reproach upon, debase, defrock, degrade, demote,
denude, depose, deprive, despoil, disbar, discharge, discredit,
disemploy, disgrace, disgrade, dishonor, dismiss, displace,
displume, divest, downgrade, drain, drum out, dry, exhaust, expel,
fire, flay, fleece, furlough, give the ax, give the gate, humble,
humiliate, impoverish, impute shame to, kick, kick upstairs,
lay off, let go, let out, lower, make redundant, milk, pension off,
pick clean, pillory, pluck, put to shame, read out of, reduce,
reflect discredit upon, release, remove, replace, reproach, retire,
sack, separate forcibly, shame, shear, skin, strip, strip bare,
strip of rank, suck dry, superannuate, surplus, suspend, turn off,
turn out, unfrock
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 剥去羽毛,拔羽毛,剥夺;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 剥去羽毛,拔羽毛,剥夺
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