[
UK
/fˈɛðɐ/
]
[ US /ˈfɛðɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɛðɝ/ ]
VERB
- turn the oar, while rowing
-
grow feathers
The young sparrows are fledging already - join tongue and groove, in carpentry
- cover or fit with feathers
- turn the paddle; in canoeing
NOUN
- the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
- turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
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