[ UK /fˈɛðɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɛðɝ/ ]
VERB
  1. turn the oar, while rowing
  2. grow feathers
    The young sparrows are fledging already
  3. join tongue and groove, in carpentry
  4. cover or fit with feathers
  5. turn the paddle; in canoeing
NOUN
  1. the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
  2. turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
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How To Use feather In A Sentence

  • The beak is smoth, black, convex and cultrated; one and 1/8 inches from the point to the opening of the chaps and 3/4 only uncovered with feathers; the upper chap exceeds the other a little in length. a few small black hairs garnish the sides of the base of the upper chap. the eye is of a uniform deep sea green or black, moderately large. it's legs feet and tallons are white; the legs are an inch and a 1/4 in length and smoth; four toes on each foot, of which that in front is the same length with the leg including the length of the tallon, which is 4 lines; the three remaining toes are The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
  • Look out for things like white feathers and birds that appear to follow you around the garden. The Sun
  • That's no mean boast, since there's a surfeit of super-featherweight talent around.
  • Don't be friends with bad boys. People think that birds of a feather flock together.
  • They'll get the customary 20,000 fine and rap with a feather duster. The Sun
  • The fledgling stiffened, feathers bristling as though roused by a gale.
  • The molt is restricted to replacing feathers on the head and body.
  • This'll be a feather in her cap, right enough, a princess named after her.
  • There was a Malay steward behind each chair, and over in the corner, silent but missing nothing, the squint-faced Jingo; even he had exchanged his loin-cloth for a silver sarong, with hornbill feathers in his hair and decorating the shaft of his sumpitan* (* Blowpipe.) standing handy against the wall. Flashman's Lady
  • A half-hardy annual, this variety produces tall stems topped with feathery pure-white flowers. Times, Sunday Times
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