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featherlike

feath·er
F f

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [feth -er]
    • /ˈfɛð ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [feth -er]
    • /ˈfɛð ər/

Definitions of featherlike word

  • noun featherlike one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side. 1
  • noun featherlike kind; character; nature: two boys of the same feather. 1
  • noun featherlike something like a feather, as a tuft or fringe of hair. 1
  • noun featherlike something very light, small, or trivial: Your worry is a mere feather. 1
  • noun featherlike Archery. one of the vanes at the tail of an arrow or dart. 1
  • noun featherlike Carpentry. a spline for joining the grooved edges of two boards. 1
See all 27 definitions of featherlike

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Origin of featherlike

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English fether; cognate with Dutch veder, German Feder, Old Norse fjǫthr; akin to Greek pterón, Sanskrit pátram wing, feather

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Parts of speech for Featherlike

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Featherlike

featherlike popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for featherlike

adj featherlike

  • feathery — clothed or covered with feathers; feathered.
  • fleecy — covered with, consisting of, or resembling a fleece or wool: soft, fleecy clouds.
  • fuzzy — of the nature of or resembling fuzz: a soft, fuzzy material.
  • light — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
  • silky — of or like silk; smooth, lustrous, soft, or delicate: silky skin.

adjective featherlike

  • fluffy — of, resembling, or covered with fluff.
  • wooly — consisting of wool: a woolly fleece.
  • furry — consisting of or resembling fur: a deep, furry rug in front of the fireplace; the furry undergrowth of the forest.
All 22 Synonyms of featherlike

Antonyms for featherlike

adj featherlike

  • coarse — Coarse things have a rough texture because they consist of thick threads or large pieces.
  • rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
  • smooth — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
All 3 Antonyms of featherlike

Related words

  • feather

    one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.

  • bald cypress

    a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.

  • bird-of-paradise

    Also called bird-of-paradise flower. any of several plants of the genus Strelitzia, native to southern Africa, especially S. reginae, having a large, showy orange and blue inflorescence.

  • ctenidium

    one of the comblike respiratory gills of molluscs

  • feathercut

    a woman's hair style in which the hair is cut in short and uneven lengths and formed into small curls with featherlike tips.

  • palm family

    the plant family Palmae (or Arecaceae; formerly, Palmaceae), characterized by chiefly tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having large compound leaves in featherlike or fanlike fronds, large clusters of small flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the palmettos, ornamental palms, and palms that are the source of carnauba wax, coconuts, dates, raffia, rattan, sago, and various oils.
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