1. (n.)feather one of the horny epidermal structures that form the principal covering of birds, consisting of a hollow shaft bearing a series of slender barbs that interlock to form a flat surface on each side.
2. feather kind; character; nature: two boys of the same feather.
3. feather condition, as of health, spirits, etc.
4. feather something like a feather, as a tuft or fringe of hair.
5. feather something very light, small, or trivial.
6. feather one of the vanes at the tail of an arrow or dart, for stabilization in flight.
8. feather a featherlike flaw, esp. in a precious stone.
9. feather Archaic.
10. feather Obs.
11. (v.t.)feather to provide with feathers, as an arrow.
12. feather to clothe or cover with or as if with feathers.
13. feather to turn (an oar) after a stroke so that the blade becomes nearly horizontal, and hold it thus as it is moved back into position for the next stroke.
14. feather to change the blade angle of (a propeller) so that the chords of the blades are approximately parallel to the line of flight.
1. (noun)feather one of the very lightparts that helps a bird fly brightly colored feathers; feather pillows
Definition of 'Feather'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Feather one of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down
2. (noun)Feather kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a feather," that is, of the samespecies
3. (noun)Feather the fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs
4. (noun)Feather a tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse
5. (noun)Feather one of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow
6. (noun)Feather a longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permitmotion lengthwise; a spline
7. (noun)Feather a thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone