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ALL meanings of featherlike

feath·er
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  • 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
  • noun featherlike Masonry. See under plug and feathers. 1
  • noun featherlike a featherlike flaw, especially in a precious stone. 1
  • noun featherlike Machinery. feather key. 1
  • noun featherlike Archaic. attire. 1
  • noun featherlike Obsolete. plumage. 1
  • verb with object featherlike to provide with feathers, as an arrow. 1
  • verb with object featherlike to clothe or cover with or as with feathers. 1
  • verb with object featherlike 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 featherlike 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 featherlike to grow feathers. 1
  • verb without object featherlike to be or become feathery in appearance. 1
  • verb without object featherlike to move like feathers. 1
  • verb without object featherlike Rowing. to feather an oar. 1
  • idioms featherlike a feather in one's cap, a praiseworthy accomplishment; distinction; honor: Being chosen class president is a feather in her cap. 1
  • idioms featherlike birds of a feather. bird (def 15). 1
  • idioms featherlike 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 featherlike in fine / high feather, in good form, humor, or health: feeling in fine feather. 1
  • idioms featherlike ruffle someone's feathers, to anger, upset, or annoy (another person). 1
  • idioms featherlike 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 featherlike Having the characteristics of plumage. 1
  • adjective featherlike As light as a feather. 0
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