Feather - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈfeðər|
Brit.
|ˈfeðə|
noun
- the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds (syn: plumage, plume)
- turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls (syn: feathering)
- turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls (syn: feathering)
verb
- join tongue and groove, in carpentry
- cover or fit with feathers
- turn the paddle; in canoeing (syn: square)
- turn the oar, while rowing (syn: square)
- grow feathers (syn: fledge)
- cover or fit with feathers
- turn the paddle; in canoeing (syn: square)
- turn the oar, while rowing (syn: square)
- grow feathers (syn: fledge)
Extra examples
...the two brothers are sports-obsessed jocks, and most of their friends are of the same feather...
...prom couples strutted into the ballroom in full feather...
Tita weighs about a feather and a half.
Fine feathers make fine birds. посл.
Birds of a feather flock together. посл.
She was as light as a feather (=very light) to carry.
Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: feather
he/she/it: feathers
present participle: feathering
past tense: feathered
past participle: feathered
I/you/we/they: feather
he/she/it: feathers
present participle: feathering
past tense: feathered
past participle: feathered
noun
singular: feather
plural: feathers
singular: feather
plural: feathers
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