Feather Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Feather? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Words starting with Feather, Antonyms, Words ending with Feather, Synonyms, How to pronounce? Example sentences, Related sentences, Derivations and more...

Feather meaning

Word: Feather

How to pronounce: ˈfeðə

Noun

Definitions:

1. Any of the flat appendages growing from a bird's skin and forming its plumage, consisting of a partly hollow horny shaft fringed with vanes of barbs.

Example sentences: "The waxwing has very bright feathers and a prominent crest"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Rotate the blades of (a propeller) about their own axes in such a way as to lessen the air or water resistance.

Example sentences: "A fire erupted in the starboard engine and the pilot was unable to feather the propeller."

2. Float, move, or wave like a feather.

Example sentences: "The green fronds feathered against a blue sky"

3. (of ink, lipstick, etc.) separate into tiny lines after application.

Example sentences: "The ink started to feather and smudge"

4. Shorten or taper the hair by cutting or trimming.

Example sentences: "My sister had her hair feathered"


Synonyms:

pen

quill

plumage

empennage

plume

tail unit


Derivations:

feathered

feathery

featherbed

feathering

Featherweight


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Feather in Other Languages...

Spanish: Pluma

German: Feder

French: Plume

Italian: Piuma

Turkish: Tüy


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