ALL meanings of feathered
feath·ered
F f - adjective feathered covered in feathers 1
- adjective feathered having feathers 1
- noun feathered (of a bird) covered with feathers. 1
- adjective feathered clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow. 1
- adjective feathered quick; rapid; speedy; swift: feathered feet. 1
- adjective feathered (of a veneer) cut to show a figure resembling a plume. 1
- noun feathered 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 feathered kind; character; nature: two boys of the same feather. 1
- noun feathered something like a feather, as a tuft or fringe of hair. 1
- noun feathered something very light, small, or trivial: Your worry is a mere feather. 1
- noun feathered Archery. one of the vanes at the tail of an arrow or dart. 1
- noun feathered Carpentry. a spline for joining the grooved edges of two boards. 1
- noun feathered Masonry. See under plug and feathers. 1
- noun feathered a featherlike flaw, especially in a precious stone. 1
- noun feathered Machinery. feather key. 1
- noun feathered Archaic. attire. 1
- noun feathered Obsolete. plumage. 1
- verb with object feathered to provide with feathers, as an arrow. 1
- verb with object feathered to clothe or cover with or as with feathers. 1
- verb with object feathered Rowing. 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. 1
- verb with object feathered Aeronautics. to change the blade angle of (a propeller) so that the chords of the blades are approximately parallel to the line of flight. to turn off (an engine) while in flight. 1
- verb without object feathered to grow feathers. 1
- verb without object feathered to be or become feathery in appearance. 1
- verb without object feathered to move like feathers. 1
- verb without object feathered Rowing. to feather an oar. 1
- idioms feathered a feather in one's cap, a praiseworthy accomplishment; distinction; honor: Being chosen class president is a feather in her cap. 1
- idioms feathered birds of a feather. bird (def 15). 1
- idioms feathered feather one's nest, to take advantage of the opportunities to enrich oneself: The mayor had used his term of office to feather his nest. 1
- idioms feathered in fine / high feather, in good form, humor, or health: feeling in fine feather. 1
- idioms feathered ruffle someone's feathers, to anger, upset, or annoy (another person). 1
- idioms feathered smooth one's ruffled / rumpled feathers, to regain one's composure; become calm: After the argument, we each retired to our own rooms to smooth our ruffled feathers. 1
- adjective feathered If you describe something as feathered, you mean that it has feathers on it. 0
- adjective feathered adorned with feathers 0
- verb feathered simple past tense and past participle of feather. 0
- adjective feathered (rowing) having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion. 0
- adjective feathered (engineering, manufacturing) of a finely bevelled edge. 0
- adjective feathered (Appalachian) badly beaten. 0