English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "pluim" is:'n lang, sagte veer of rangskikking van vere, veral as 'n ornament of vir gebruik deur 'n voël vir vertoon of isolasie li>'n groot, verspreidende rookwolk, stof of soortgelyke materiaal'n massa of stroom materiaal wat uit 'n bron opstyg of opgegooi word, soos 'n fontein of vulkaan'n dekoratiewe of ornamentele floreer, veral 'n lang, agterste een'n bron van trots of selfagting, veral 'n hoë prestasie of onderskeiding. As 'n werkwoord kan "pluim" beteken om:uit te sprei in 'n vorm wat soos 'n veer of pluim lyk'n pluim rook, stof uit te gee of af te gee, of soortgelyke materiaalvoel trots of bly oor jouself of jou prestasies.

Synonyms

  1. feather
  2. plumage

Sentence Examples

  1. It was the great plume of dust their chariots were blowing into the sky.
  2. His dress was very plain and simple, and the fashion of it between the Asiatic and the European but he had on his head a light helmet of gold, adorned with jewels, and a plume on the crest.
  3. The dragon flings her head back and snorts out a large plume of smoke.
  4. In a landscape so open, the flash of the sun reflecting off the train became visible a long while before the puffing black beast neared the station, a plume of smoke floating off into the sky.
  5. A white plume of airplane exhaust was the only mark on an otherwise infinite blue sky.
  6. At the base of the huge smoke plume, I could see some low flames in the brush.
  7. A thick plume of smoke billowed out of one of the lower apartments so that the thing looked like it was hanging over black fog by the tips of its fingers.
  8. As I looked out of the glass French doors, I noticed a large plume of smoke from the forest across the valley.
  9. He saw that there was a plume of fire where the little lights used to be.
  10. A giant plume of smoke stretched up to the sky, turning it black and angry.