Definitions of feather [ˈfɛð ər]

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Definition of 'feather'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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.

7.  feather
a spline for joining the grooved edges of two boards.

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.

15.  feather
to turn off (an aircraft engine) while in flight.

16. (v.i.) feather
to grow feathers.

17.  feather
to be or become feathery in appearance.

18.  feather
to feather an oar.

Definition of 'feather'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) feather, plume, plumage
the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds

2. (verb) feather, feathering
turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls

3. (verb) feather
join tongue and groove, in carpentry

4. (verb) feather
cover or fit with feathers

5. (verb) feather, square
turn the paddle; in canoeing

6. (verb) feather, square
turn the oar, while rowing

7. (verb) fledge, feather
grow feathers
"The young sparrows are fledging already"

Definition of 'feather'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) feather
one of the very light parts 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 same species

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 permit motion 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

8. (noun) feather
the angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water

9. (verb) feather
to furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap

10. (verb) feather
to adorn, as with feathers; to fringe

11. (verb) feather
to render light as a feather; to give wings to

12. (verb) feather
to enrich; to exalt; to benefit

13. (verb) feather
to tread, as a cock

14. (verb) feather
to grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with out; as, the birds are feathering out

15. (verb) feather
to curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or "feathers;" as, the cream feathers

16. (verb) feather
to turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars

17. (verb) feather
to have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form

Translation of 'feather'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: one of the things that grow from a bird's skin that form the covering of its body They cleaned the oil off the seagull's feathers.
Afrikaans: veer	Arabic: ريشَه	Bulgarian: перо
Brazilian: pena	Czech: pero	German: die Feder
Danish: fjer	Greek: φτερό, πούπουλο	Spanish: pluma
Estonian: sulg	Farsi: پر	Finnish: höyhen
French: plume	Hebrew: נוֹצָה	Hindi: पंख, पर
Croatian: pero, perje	Hungarian: toll(azat)	Indonesian: bulu
Icelandic: fjöður	Italian: piuma	Japanese: 羽毛
Korean: 새의 깃털	Lithuanian: plunksna	Latvian: spalva
Malay: bulu	Dutch: veer	Norwegian: fjær
Polish: pióro	Persian: پر	Pashto: پر
Portuguese: pena	Romanian: pană	Russian: перо
Slovak: pero	Slovenian: pero	Serbian: perje
Swedish: fjäder	Thai: ขนนก	Turkish: tüy
Taiwanese: 羽毛	Ukrainian: перо	Urdu: پرندے کا پر
Vietnamese: lông vũ; lông (chim)	Chinese: 羽毛
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