plumes's Usage Examples:

contaminant plumes in unconfined aquifers with and without remedial activities.

tattered cloak of the beggar will bear him up like the rayed plumes of the angels.

Turning the horse sharply, he again jumped the ditch, and deferentially addressed the horseman with the white plumes, evidently suggesting that he should do the same.

hearse drawn by four horses with black plumes on their heads drew up at the door.

scarlet cloaks, No more the great golden plumes.

This splendid plumage, however, belongs only to the adult males, the females being exceedingly plain birds of a nearly uniform dusky brown colour, and possessing neither plumes nor lengthened tail feathers.

tingitana; it takes several years to form strong plants that look like massive plumes of filmy Ferns.

Don't you see the plumes?.

This man rode toward Balashev at a gallop, his plumes flowing and his gems and gold lace glittering in the bright June sunshine.

The colouring of the steppe changes as if by magic, and only the silvery plumes of the steppe-grass (Stipa pennata) wave in the wind, tinting the steppe a bright yellow.

All began to run and bustle, and Rostov saw coming up the road behind him several riders with white plumes in their hats.

Though considerably smaller than the ostrich, and wanting its fine plumes, the rhea in general aspect far more resembles that bird than the other Ratitae.

The natives in preparing the skins remove both feet and wings, so as to give more prominence to the commercially valuable tuft of plumes.

Synonyms:

shape, form,

Antonyms:

rising, lowland, imperfect,