ALL meanings of feathering
feath·er·ing
F f - noun feathering something very light, small, or trivial: Your worry is a mere feather. 1
- noun feathering Archery. one of the vanes at the tail of an arrow or dart. 1
- noun feathering Carpentry. a spline for joining the grooved edges of two boards. 1
- noun feathering Masonry. See under plug and feathers. 1
- noun feathering a featherlike flaw, especially in a precious stone. 1
- noun feathering Machinery. feather key. 1
- noun feathering Archaic. attire. 1
- noun feathering Obsolete. plumage. 1
- verb with object feathering to provide with feathers, as an arrow. 1
- verb with object feathering to clothe or cover with or as with feathers. 1
- verb with object feathering 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 feathering 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 feathering to grow feathers. 1
- verb without object feathering to be or become feathery in appearance. 1
- verb without object feathering to move like feathers. 1
- verb without object feathering Rowing. to feather an oar. 1
- idioms feathering a feather in one's cap, a praiseworthy accomplishment; distinction; honor: Being chosen class president is a feather in her cap. 1
- idioms feathering birds of a feather. bird (def 15). 1
- idioms feathering 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 feathering in fine / high feather, in good form, humor, or health: feeling in fine feather. 1
- idioms feathering ruffle someone's feathers, to anger, upset, or annoy (another person). 1
- idioms feathering 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
- noun feathering The plumage of a bird or part of a bird. 1
- noun feathering 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 feathering kind; character; nature: two boys of the same feather. 1
- noun feathering something like a feather, as a tuft or fringe of hair. 1
- noun feathering the plumage of a bird; feathers 0
- noun feathering an imperfection in print caused by the spreading of ink 0
- noun feathering the use of additional space between lines in typesetting in order to fill the page 0
- noun feathering the act of one who feathers 0
- noun feathering feathers collectively 0
- noun feathering long hair on the ears, legs, tail, or body of a dog 0
- noun feathering A feathered texture. 0
- verb feathering present participle of feather. 0