PLUMING Synonyms

• feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

• decorate with feathers

• grow feathers

• clean with one's bill

• pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

• dress or groom with elaborate care

• say something to someone that expresses praise

• express congratulations

• be proud of

• pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

• a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

• clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

• clothing in general

• suitable for formal occasions

• (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes

• put on clothes

• provide with clothes or put clothes on

• put a finish on

• dress in a certain manner

• dress or groom with elaborate care

• kill and prepare for market or consumption

• arrange in ranks

• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

• provide with decoration

• put a dressing on

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width

• convert into leather

• apply a bandage or medication to

• give a neat appearance to

• arrange attractively

• the wool of a sheep or similar animal

• tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing

• a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing

• outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• shear the wool from

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price

• a catch for locking a door

• a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

• anything that serves as an enticement

• a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something

• a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something

• a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer

• a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent

• a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket

• fasten with a hook

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle

• hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left

• take by theft

• make off with belongings of others

• hit with a hook

• catch with a hook

• to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

• secure with the foot

• entice and trap

• approach with an offer of sexual favors

• a price that is too high

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• place too much a load on

• the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury

• the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord

• pull or pull out sharply

• sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• strip of feathers

• look for and gather

• the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

• a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

• satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements

• the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards

• a group of lions

• unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins)

• be proud of

• dress or groom with elaborate care

• take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)

• washing something by allowing it to soak

• submerge in a liquid

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

• leave as a guarantee in return for money

• beat severely

• make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)

• become drunk or drink excessively

• fill, soak, or imbue totally

• heat a metal prior to working it

• an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill)

• charge an extra fee, as for a special service

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• fill to capacity with people

• print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote

• fill to an excessive degree

• place too much a load on

• show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given