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adjective
- 1. (of a bird) covered with feathers: "black-feathered ostriches"
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having threads, lines, or edges of different lengths, giving a soft appearance: feathered hair The early 1980s was a time of feathered hair and pastel clothes. Instead of one harsh line, apply the paint in small, feathered strokes. The petals have feathered edges. (of an animal's body, tail, or legs) having long hairs that hang down:
Feathered definition: clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow.. See examples of FEATHERED used in a sentence.
The meaning of FEATHERED is having feathers. How to use feathered in a sentence.
Define feathered. feathered synonyms, feathered pronunciation, feathered translation, English dictionary definition of feathered. adj. 1. Covered, provided, or adorned with feathers. 2. Having feathering, as an animal's coat. 3. Moving swiftly: feathered feet. 4. Having the chords of...
Definitions of feathered. adjective. having or covered with feathers. “our feathered friends”. synonyms: aftershafted. having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) feathery. characterized by a covering of feathers.
Adjective. Verb. Filter. adjective. Covered, provided, or adorned with feathers. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Having feathering, as an animal's coat. American Heritage. Moving swiftly. Feathered feet. American Heritage. Having the chords of propeller blades parallel to the line of flight. American Heritage. Similar definitions.
feathered in American English. (ˈfeðərd) adjective. 1. clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow. 2. quick; rapid; speedy; swift. feathered feet. 3. (of a veneer)
feath•ered (feᵺ′ ərd), adj. Birds, Furniture clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow. quick; rapid; speedy; swift: feathered feet. Fine Art, Furniture (of a veneer) cut to show a figure resembling a plume. Middle English fethered, Old English gefetherede, see feather, - ed3 bef. 1000.
Definition of feathered adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
feathered. Covered with feathers. ( rowing) Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion. ( engineering, manufacturing) Having a finely bevelled edge. ( Appalachia) Badly beaten. (in combination) Having a specific type or number of feathers. a blue-feathered bird.
