Definition of feather

noun (n)

• the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds (noun.animal)

  Synonym: plumage, plume
  

  source: wordnet30
• turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls (noun.act)

  Synonym: feathering
  

  source: wordnet30
• One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• join tongue and groove, in carpentry (verb.contact)

  source: wordnet30
• cover or fit with feathers (verb.contact)

  source: wordnet30
• turn the paddle; in canoeing (verb.competition)

  Synonym: square
  

  source: wordnet30
• turn the oar, while rowing (verb.competition)

  source: wordnet30
• grow feathers (verb.body)

  Synonym: fledge
  

  source: wordnet30
• To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with out; as, the birds are feathering out. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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