a bird's feather, esp a long attractive and brightly coloured one used for display
a cluster of distinctive feathers
a feather or cluster of feathers worn e.g. in a hat, as a decoration
something resembling a feather in shape, appearance, or lightness
a plume of smoke
a feathery or feather-like part of an animal or plant
a column of molten material rising from the earth's mantle
plumed adj
[Middle English via French from Latin pluma soft feather, down]