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Feathers

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

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📖 Definitions of "Feathers"

noun

1
A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
2
Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
3
One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
4
A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.

verb

1
To cover or furnish with feathers.
2
To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
"The stylist feathered my hair."
3
To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
4
To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.
"After striking the bird, the pilot feathered the left, damaged engine’s propeller."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Feathers"

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Word	Definition
plumagenoun	(ornithology, collective noun) Layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body; feathers used ornamentally; feathering.
plumenoun	The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
fledgeverb	(transitive) To care for a young bird until it is capable of flight.
squarenoun	(geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
badmintonnoun	(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
birdsnoun	the third studio album by New Zealand artist Bic Runga.
bladesnoun	A surname.
downnoun	A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
markingsnoun	the pattern of colouration on a particular animal
nibsnoun	(cribbage) A jack turned up by the dealer.
pensnoun	(ice hockey) Abbreviation of Pittsburgh Penguins.
plumesnoun	The vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
poultrynoun	Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
primariesnoun	(political science) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
quillsnoun	a 2000 period film directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from the Obie award-winning 1995 play by Doug Wright, who also wrote the original screenplay.
wingsnoun	A flip (hairstyle)
pinionsnoun	(mechanical engineering) The smallest gear in a gear train.
plumulesnoun	(zoology) A down feather.
rectricesnoun	A flight feather on the tails of birds, used for directional control.
remigesnoun	The flight feather of a bird.