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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Feather \Feath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feathered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Feathering.]
1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a
cap.
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An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow
feathered from her own wing. --L'Estrange.
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2. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.
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A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow
ravines. --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.[R.]
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The Polonian story perhaps may feather some tedious
hours. --Loveday.
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4. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
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They stuck not to say that the king cared not to
plume his nobility and people to feather himself.
--Bacon.
--Dryden.
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5. To tread, as a cock. --Dryden.
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To feather one's nest, to provide for one's self especially
from property belonging to another, confided to one's
care; -- an expression taken from the practice of birds
which collect feathers for the lining of their nests.
To feather an oar (Naut), to turn it when it leaves the
water so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the
least resistance to air while reaching for another stroke.
To tar and feather a person, to smear him with tar and
cover him with feathers, as a punishment or an indignity.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Feathered \Feath"ered\, a.
1. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or
wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.
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Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury. --Shak.
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Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases
and pointed with pathetic accent. --Dr. J.
Scott.
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2. Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed;
as, land feathered with trees.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of
certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.
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4. (Her.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the
feathers are of a tincture different from that of the
shaft.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Feathered \Feath"ered\, a.
1. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or
wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.
Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury. --Shak.
Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases
and pointed with pathetic accent. --Dr. J.
Scott.
2. Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed;
as, land feathered with trees.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of
certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.
4. (Her.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the
feathers are of a tincture different from that of the
shaft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Feather \Feath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feathered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Feathering.]
1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a
cap.
An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow
feathered from her own wing. --L'Estrange.
2. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.
A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow
ravines. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.[R.]
The Polonian story perhaps may feather some tedions
hours. --Loveday.
4. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
They stuck not to say that the king cared not to
plume his nobility and people to feather himself.
--Bacon.
--Dryden.
5. To tread, as a cock. --Dryden.
To feather one's nest, to provide for one's self especially
from property belonging to another, confided to one's
care; -- an expression taken from the practice of birds
which collect feathers for the lining of their nests.
To feather an oar (Naut), to turn it when it leaves the
water so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the
least resistance to air while reaching for another stroke.
To tar and feather a person, to smear him with tar and
cover him with feathers, as a punishment or an indignity.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
feathered
adj 1: adorned with feathers or plumes [syn: feathery, plumy]
2: having or covered with feathers or plumage; "our feathered
friends" [ant: unfeathered]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
feathered
a.
1 covered with feathers.
2 (lb en rowing) Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to
the direction of motion.
3 (lb en engineering manufacturing) Having a finely bevelled edge.
4 (lb en Appalachian) Badly beaten.
5 (lb en in combination) Having a specific type or number of
feathers.
6 (lb en poetic) swift, like the flight of a feathered creature.
vb.
(infl of en feather ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
feathered
a.
1 covered with feathers.
2 (lb en rowing) Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to
the direction of motion.
3 (lb en engineering manufacturing) Having a finely bevelled edge.
4 (lb en Appalachian) Badly beaten.
5 (lb en in combination) Having a specific type or number of
feathers.
6 (lb en poetic) swift, like the flight of a feathered creature.
vb.
(infl of en feather ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
feathered
a.
1 covered with feathers.
2 (lb en rowing) Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to
the direction of motion.
3 (lb en engineering manufacturing) Having a finely bevelled edge.
4 (lb en Appalachian) Badly beaten.
5 (lb en in combination) Having a specific type or number of
feathers.
6 (lb en poetic) swift, like the flight of a feathered creature.
vb.
(infl of en feather ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
feathered
a.
1 covered with feathers.
2 (lb en rowing) Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to
the direction of motion.
3 (lb en engineering manufacturing) Having a finely bevelled edge.
4 (lb en Appalachian) Badly beaten.
5 (lb en in combination) Having a specific type or number of
feathers.
6 (lb en poetic) swift, like the flight of a feathered creature.
vb.
(infl of en feather ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
feathered
Englanti a.
1 höyhenpeitteinen, höyhenien peittää
2 sulitettu, höyhenkoristeinen
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Feathered /fˈɛðəd/ مريّشFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
feathered /fˈɛðəd/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]péřový
feathered /fˈɛðəd/From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]opeřený
feathered /fˈɛðəd/ pluogFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
feathered /fˈɛðəd/ gefiedertFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ][ornith.] "our feathered friends" - unsere gefiederten Freunde Synonym: feathery see: with brightly-coloured feathers
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈfɛðɝd/
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "feathered":
adorned, beaded, bedecked, bedizened, befrilled, bejeweled,
beribboned, bespangled, decked out, decorated, embellished,
festooned, figured, flowered, garnished, jeweled, ornamented,
plumed, spangled, spangly, studded, tricked out, trimmed,
wreathed
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]a.有羽毛的; 羽状的From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 有羽毛的;像鸟般飞得快的