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feather
  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.
  5. Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
  6. One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the stone to split.
  7. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
  8. Synonyms:
      9. plume, plumage, quill, tuft, topknot, crest, pinion, barb, feathering, spike, spine, down, covert, eider, hackles, plumule, remex, flag, rectrix, vibrissae, calamus, fluff, penna, pinna, shaft, wing, semi-plume, eider down, aigrette, rachis, horsefeathers, kind, type, sort, class, variety, order, species, breed, ilk, genre, strain, nature, description, manner, stripe, kidney, like, genus, category … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “Now, if there is anything that ruins the feather of a bird, it is drying it too quickly.”
      “Spats are often used to protect the Clydesdale's feathers between show-ring classes.”
      “Brains of the same feather certainly flock together.”
featherwork
  1. (uncountable) The working of feathers into a cultural artifact.
  2. (countable) A cultural artifact made with feathers.
featherlessness
  1. The state or condition of being featherless; lack of feathers.
featheredness
  1. The quality of being feathered; presence of feathers.
feathering
  1. A feathered texture.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. feather, plume, plumage, quill, tuft, topknot, crest, pinion, barb, spike, spine, down, covert, eider, hackles, plumule, remex, flag, rectrix, vibrissae, calamus, fluff, penna, pinna, shaft, wing, semi-plume, eider down … more
featheriness
  1. The state or quality of being feathery.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lightness, sheerness, etherealness, flimsiness, thinness, delicacy, downiness, fluffiness
featherer
  1. One who feathers.
featherworks
  1. plural of featherwork
featherings
  1. plural of feathering
  2. Synonyms:
      3. feathers, plumes, plumage, quills, tufts, topknots, crests, pinions, barbs, spikes, spines, down, coverts, eiders, plumules, remiges, flags, rectrices, calamus, fluffs, pennae, pinnas, shafts, wings … more
featherers
  1. plural of featherer
feathers
  1. plural of feather
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fuzz, down, fluff, plumage, plumes, nap, pile, lint, floss, fur, thistledown, soft feathers, fine hair, bloom, hair, threads, wool, fleece, fiber, fibre, dust, dustballs, oose, downiness, dustball, eiderdown, puff, ooze, soft hair, soft fur, dust bunnies, fibres, fibers, surface, weave, shag, woof, weft, warp, wale, soft surface, lanugo, dust ball, jacket, coat, pelage, loops, velvet, plush, ridge … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Black ostrich feathers.”
      “Only warm-blooded animals have an insulating body covering, such as hair or feathers.”
      “A bird needs wings for lift, tail feathers for control and lightweight bones.”
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