English-Thai Dictionary
feather
N ขนนก พู่ ขนนก สิ่ง ที่ คล้าย ขนนก plume wing kon-nok
feather
VI พาย เรือ แบบ กรรเชียง แจวเรือ กรรเชียง พาย เรือ pai-ruea-baeb-kan-chiang
feather
VT ปกคลุม ด้วย ขนนก ประดับ ด้วย ขนนก ติด ขนนก pok-klum-duai-kon-nok
feather bed
N เตียงนอน ที่ ยัด ด้วย ขนนก
feather in one's cap
IDM ความภาคภูมิใจ เกียรติยศ สิ่ง ที่ น่ายินดี kwam-pak-pum-jai
feather one's (own) nest
IDM ใช้อำนาจ ใน ทาง ที่ ผิด chai-am-nad-nai-tang-ti-pid
feather-veined
A ที่ มี เส้น ใบ แผ่ออก เหมือน ขนนก
featherbedding
N การ จัด ให้ มี คน มาก เกินความจำเป็น kan-jad-hai-me-kon-mak-koen-kwam-jam-pen
featherbrain
N คนโง่ คน ทึ่ม คน สะเพร่า bungler kon-ngo
featherbrained
A ที่ โง่ ทึ่ม ที่ สะเพร่า
feathered
A ที่ สวมใส่ เสื้อผ้า หรือ มี ที่ ปกคลุม ที่ มี ปีก
featheredge
N ขอบ ที่ คม ขอบ ที่ บาง มาก kob-ti-kom
featheredge
VT ทำ ขอบ ให้ บาง ลับ ขอบ ให้ บาง tam-kob-hai-bang
featheredged
A ที่ มี ขอบ บาง คม
featherhead
N คนโง่ ทึ่ม คน สะเพร่า
featherheaded
A ที่ โง่ ทึ่ม ที่ สะเพร่า
feathering
N เสื้อคลุม หรือ สิ่ง ที่ ปกปิด การสี ไวโอลีน เบาๆ ขนนก
featherstitch
N การ เย็บ แบบ ซิกแซ็ก kan-yeb-baeb-sik-saek
featherweight
ADJ เบา ไม่สำคัญ เกี่ยวกับ พิกัด นักมวย รุ่น เบา bao
featherweight
N คน ไม่สำคัญ สิ่ง ไม่สำคัญ kon-mai-sam-kan
featherweight
N นักมวย รุ่น น้ำหนัก เบา นักกีฬา ชนิด อื่น ที่ มี พิกัด น้ำหนัก เบา nak-muai-run-nam-nak-bao
featherweight
N น้ำหนัก นักมวย รุ่น เบา (น้ำหนัก126 ปอนด์ หรือ 57 กิโลกรัม พิกัด นักมวย รุ่น เบา nam-nak-nak-muai-run-bao
featherweight
N สิ่งของ หรือ คนที่ มี น้ำหนัก เบา sing-kong-rue-kon-ti-me-nam-nak-bao
feathery
ADJ ซึ่ง อ่อนนุ่ม และ เบา เหมือน ขนนก เหมือน ขนนก sueng-on-num-lae-bao-muean-kon-nok
feathery
ADJ ที่ มี ขนนก ปกคลุม downy fluffy plumed ti-me-kon-nok-pok-klum
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FEATHER, FETHER
n. 1. A plume; a general name of the covering of fowls. The smaller fethers are used for the filling of beds; the larger ones, called quills, are used for ornaments of the head, for writing pens, etc. The fether consists of a shaft or stem, corneous, round, strong and hollow at the lower part, and at the upper part, filled with pith. On each side of the shaft are the vanes, broad on one side and narrow on the other, consisting of thin lamins. The fethers which cover the body are called the plumage; the fethers of the wings are adapted to flight.
2. Kind; nature; species; from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a fether," that is, of the same species. [Unusual. ]
I am not of that feather to shake off my friend, when he most needs me.
3. An ornament; an empty title.
4. On a horse, a sort of natural frizzling of the hair, which, in some places, rises above the lying hair, and there makes a figure resembling the tip of an ear of wheat.
A fether in the cap, is an honor, or mark of distinction.
FEATHER, FETHER
v.t. 1. To dress in fethers; to fit with fethers, or to cover with fethers.
2. To tread as a cock.
3. To enrich; to adorn; to exalt.
The king cared not to plume his nobility and people, to feather himself.
To fether one's nest, to collect wealth, particularly from emoluments derived from agencies for others; a proverb taken from birds which collect fethers for their nests.
FEATHER-BED, FETHER-BED
n.A bed filled with fethers; a soft bed.
FEATHER-DRIVER, FETHER-DRIVER
n.One who beats fethers to make them light or loose.
FEATHERED, FETHERED
pp. 1. Covered with fethers; enriched.
2. a. Clothed or covered with fethers. A fowl or bird is a fethered animal
Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury.
3. Fitted or furnished with fethers; as a fethered arrow.
4. Smoothed, like down or fethers.
5. Covered with things growing from the substance; as land fethered with trees.
FEATHEREDGE, FETHEREDGE
n.An edge like a fether. A board that has one edge thinner than the other, is called featheredge stuff.
FEATHEREDGED, FETHEREDGED
a.Having a thin edge.
FEATHER-FEW
A corruption of feverfew.
FEATHER-GRASS, FETHER-GRASS
n.A plant, gramen plumosum.
FEATHERLESS, FETHERLESS
a.Destitute of fethers; unfledged.
FEATHERLY, FETHERLY
a.Resembling fethers. [Not used. ]
FEATHER-SELLER, FETHER-SELLER
n.One who sells fethers for beds.
FEATHERY, FETHERY
a. 1. Clothed or covered with fethers.
2. Resembling fethers.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FEATHER
Feath "er, n. Etym: [OE. fether, AS. fe; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fjö, Sw. fjäder, Dan. fjæder, Gr. pattra wing, feathr, pat to fly, and prob. to L. penna feather, wing. sq. root76, 248. Cf. Pen a feather. ]
1. One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.
Note: An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow basal part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming the upper, solid part of the stem; the vanes or webs, implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series of slender laminæ or barbs, which usually bear barbicels and interlocking hooks by which they are fastened together. See Down, Quill, Plumage.
2. Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a feather, " that is, of the same species. [R.] I am not of that feather to shake off My friend when he must need me. Shak.
3. The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.
4. A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.
5. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
6. (Mach. & Carp. )
Defn: A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.
7. A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone. Knight.
8. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
Note: Feather is used adjectively or in combination, meaning composed of, or resembling, a feather or feathers; as, feather fan, feather- heeled, feather duster. Feather alum (Min. ), a hydrous sulphate of alumina, resulting from volcanic action, and from the decomposition of iron pyrites; -- called also halotrichite. Ure. -- Feather bed, a bed filled with feathers. -- Feather driver, one who prepares feathers by beating. -- Feather duster, a dusting brush of feathers. -- Feather flower, an artifical flower made of feathers, for ladies' headdresses, and other ornamental purposes. -- Feather grass (Bot. ), a kind of grass (Stipa pennata ) which has a long feathery awn rising from one of the chaffy scales which inclose the grain. -- Feather maker, one who makes plumes, etc. , of feathers, real or artificial. -- Feather ore (Min. ), a sulphide of antimony and lead, sometimes found in capillary forms and like a cobweb, but also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite. -- Feather shot, or Feathered shot (Metal. ), copper granulated by pouring into cold water. Raymond. -- Feather spray (Naut. ), the spray thrown up, like pairs of feathers, by the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel. -- Feather star. (Zoöl.) See Comatula. -- Feather weight. (Racing ) (a ) Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would turn the scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted. (b ) The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a horse in racing. Youatt. (c ) In wrestling, boxing, etc. , a term applied to the lightest of the classes into which contestants are divided; -- in contradistinction to light weight, middle weight, and heavy weight. A feather in the cap an honour, trophy, or mark of distinction. [Colloq. ] -- To be in full feather, to be in full dress or in one's best clothes. [Collog.] -- To be in high feather, to be in high spirits. [Collog.] -- To cut a feather. (a ) (Naut. ) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows. (b ) To make one's self conspicuous. [Colloq. ] -- To show the white feather, to betray cowardice, -- a white feather in the tail of a cock being considered an indication that he is not of the true game breed.
FEATHER
Feath "er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Feathering. ]
1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap. An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing. L'Estrange.
2. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe. A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines. Sir W. Scott.
3. To render light as a feather; to give wings to. [R.] The Polonian story perhaps may feather some tedions hours. Loveday.
4. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit. They stuck not to say that the king cared not to plume his nobility and people to feather himself. Bacon. Dryden.
5. To tread, as a cock. Dryden. To feather one's nest, to provide for one's self especially from property belonging to another, confided to one's care; -- an expression taken from the practice of birds which collect feathers for the lining of their nests. -- To feather an oar (Naut ), to turn it when it leaves the water so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the least resistance to air while reaching for another stroke. -- To tar and feather a person, to smear him with tar and cover him with feathers, as a punishment or an indignity.
FEATHER
FEATHER Feath "er, v. i.
1. To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with out; as, the birds are feathering out.
2. To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or "feathers;" as, the cream feathers [Colloq. ]
3. To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars. The feathering oar returns the gleam. Tickell. Stopping his sculls in the air to feather accurately. Macmillan's Mag.
4. To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form. A clump of ancient cedars feathering in evergreen beauty down to the ground. Warren. The ripple feathering from her bows. Tennyson.
FEATHERBONE
FEATHERBONE Feath "er *bone `, n.
Defn: A substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of geese and turkeys.
FEATHER-BRAINED
FEATHER-BRAINED Feath "er-brained, a.
Defn: Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed. [Colloq. ]
FEATHERED
FEATHERED Feath "ered, a.
1. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with ) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow. Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury. Shak. Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent. Dr. J. Scott.
2. Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.
4. (Her. )
Defn: Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.
FEATHER-EDGE
FEATHER-EDGE Feath "er-edge, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.
2. Any thin, as on a board or a razor.
FEATHER-EDGED
FEATHER-EDGED Feath "er-edged, a.
Defn: Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable.
FEATHER-FEW
FEATHER-FEW Feath "er-few, n. (Bot. )
Defn: Feverfew.
FEATHER-FOIL
Feath "er-foil `, n. Etym: [Feather + foil a leaf. ] (Bot. )
Defn: An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris ), having finely divided leaves.
FEATHER-HEAD
FEATHER-HEAD Feath "er-head `, n.
Defn: A frivolous or featherbrained person. [Colloq. ] H. James.
FEATHER-HEADED
FEATHER-HEADED Feath "er-head `ed, a.
Defn: Giddy; frivolous; foolish. [Colloq. ] G. Eliot.
FEATHER-HEELED
FEATHER-HEELED Feath "er-heeled `, a.
Defn: Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome. [Colloq. ]
FEATHERINESS
FEATHERINESS Feath "er *i *ness, n.
Defn: The state or condition of being feathery.
FEATHERING
FEATHERING Feath "er *ing, n.
1. (Arch. )
Defn: Same as Foliation.
2. The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t.
3. A covering of feathers. Feathering float (Naut. ), the float or paddle of a feathering wheel. -- Feathering screw (Naut. ), a screw propeller, of which the blades may be turned so as to move edgewise through the water when the vessel is moving under sail alone. -- Feathering wheel (Naut. ), a paddle wheel whose floats turn automatically so as to dip about perpendicularly into the water and leave in it the same way, avoiding beating on the water in the descent and lifting water in the ascent.
FEATHERLESS
FEATHERLESS Feath "er *less, a.
Defn: Destitute of feathers.
FEATHERLY
FEATHERLY Feath "er *ly, a.
Defn: Like feathers. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.
FEATHERNESS
FEATHERNESS Feath "er *ness, n.
Defn: The state or condition of being feathery.
FEATHER-PATED
FEATHER-PATED Feath "er-pat "ed, a.
Defn: Feather-headed; frivolous. [Colloq. ] Sir W. Scott.
FEATHERSTITCH
FEATHERSTITCH Feath "er *stitch `, n.
Defn: A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.
FEATHER-VEINED
FEATHER-VEINED Feath "er-veined `, a. (Bot. )
Defn: Having the veins (of a leaf ) diverging from the two sides of a midrib.
FEATHERY
FEATHERY Feath "er *y, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow. Milton. Ye feathery people of mid air. Barry Cornwall.
New American Oxford Dictionary
feather
feath er |ˈfeT͟Hər ˈfɛðər | ▶noun any of the flat appendages growing from a bird's skin and forming its plumage, consisting of a partly hollow horny shaft fringed with vanes of barbs. • (often feathers ) one of these appendages as decoration. • one of the feathers or featherlike vanes fastened to the shaft of an arrow or a dart. • (feathers ) a fringe of long hair on the legs of a dog, horse, or other animal. • a small side branch on a tree. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] rotate the blades of (a propeller ) about their own axes in such a way as to lessen the air or water resistance. • vary the angle of attack of (rotor blades ). • Rowing turn (an oar ) so that it passes through the air edgewise: he turned, feathering one oar slowly. 2 [ no obj. ] float, move, or wave like a feather: the green fronds feathered against a blue sky. • [ with obj. ] touch (someone or something ) very lightly. 3 [ with obj. ] shorten or taper the hair by cutting or trimming: my sister had her hair feathered. PHRASES a feather in one's cap an achievement to be proud of. feather one's ( own ) nest make money illicitly and at someone else's expense. ( as ) light as a feather extremely light and insubstantial. DERIVATIVES feath er less adjective ORIGIN Old English fether, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin penna ‘feather ’ and Greek pteron ‘wing. ’
featherback
feath er back |ˈfeT͟Hərˌbak ˈfɛðərbæk | ▶noun a tropical freshwater fish native to southern Asia and Africa, with a strongly humped back, a small, featherlike dorsal fin, and a long anal fin that runs from the belly to the tail. [Family Notopteridae: four genera and several species, in particular the large edible Notopterus chitala of Asia. ]
featherbed
feath er bed |ˈfeT͟Hərˌbed ˈfɛðərbɛd | ▶noun (also feather bed ) a bed that has a mattress stuffed with feathers. ▶verb (also feather-bed ) [ with obj. ] provide (someone ) with advantageous economic or working conditions: apart from the fees he earns, a practicing lawyer is not featherbedded in any way. • (usu. as noun featherbedding ) deliberately limit production or retain excess staff in (a business ) in order to create jobs or prevent unemployment, typically as a result of a union contract.
featherbrain
feath er brain |ˈfeT͟Hərˌbrān ˈfɛðərˌbreɪn |(also featherhead ) ▶noun a silly or absentminded person. DERIVATIVES feath er brained (also feather-brained or featherheaded ) adjective
feather-cut
feather-cut ▶verb [ with obj. ] cut (hair ) into wispy feather-like points: [ as adj. ] : black feather-cut hair. ▶noun ( feathercut ) a hairstyle with wispy feather-like points.
feather duster
feath er dust er |ˈfɛðər ˈdəstər | ▶noun a long-handled brush with a head made of feathers, used for dusting. • (also feather duster worm ) another term for fan worm.
feathered
feath ered |ˈfeT͟Hərd ˈfɛðərd | ▶adjective (of a bird ) covered with feathers: [ in combination ] : black-feathered ostriches. • decorated with feathers: a feathered hat.
feathered friend
feath ered friend ▶noun (usu. feathered friends ) informal, humorous a bird.
feather edge
feath er edge ▶noun a fine edge produced by tapering a board or other object.
feathering
feath er ing |ˈfeT͟HəriNG ˈfɛðərɪŋ | ▶noun 1 the plumage of a bird or part of a bird. • featherlike markings or structure: traditional finishes such as marbling and feathering. • the feathers of an arrow. • fringes of hairs on the appendages or body of a dog. • Architecture cusping in tracery. 2 the action of varying the angle of propellers, rotor blades, or oars so as to reduce air or water resistance.
featherlight
feath er light |ˈfeT͟Hərˌlīt ˈfɛðərlaɪt | ▶adjective extremely light: a featherlight touch.
feather star
feath er star ▶noun an echinoderm with a small disklike body, long feathery arms for feeding and movement, and short appendages for grasping the surface. [Order Comatulida, class Crinoidea. ]
featherstitch
feath er stitch |ˈfeT͟HərˌstiCH ˈfɛðərˌstɪtʃ | ▶noun ornamental zigzag sewing. ▶verb [ with obj., usu. as noun ] ( featherstitching ) sew (something ) with such a stitch.
feathertail glider
feath er tail glid er |ˈfeT͟Hərˌtāl ˌfɛðərteɪl ˈɡlaɪdər | ▶noun an Australian pygmy possum with a flap of skin between the fore- and hind limbs for gliding, and a feathery tail. [Acrobates pygmaeus, family Burramyidae. Alternative name: flying mouse. ]
featherweight
feath er weight |ˈfeT͟Hərˌwāt ˈfɛðərˌweɪt | ▶noun a weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between bantamweight and lightweight. It ranges from 118 to 126 pounds (54 to 57 kg ). • a boxer or other competitor of this weight. • a very light person or thing. • a person or thing not worth serious consideration: he is an intellectual featherweight.
feathery
feath er y |ˈfeT͟H (ə )rē ˈfeðəri | ▶adjective having, covered with, or resembling feathers: wisps of feathery blonde hair. DERIVATIVES feath er i ness noun
Oxford Dictionary
feather
fea ¦ther |ˈfɛðə | ▶noun any of the flat appendages growing from a bird's skin and forming its plumage, consisting of a partly hollow horny shaft fringed with vanes of barbs. • (feathers ) a fringe of long hair on the legs of a dog, horse, or other animal. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] rotate the blades of (a propeller ) about their own axes in such a way as to lessen the air or water resistance. • vary the angle of attack of (rotor blades ). • Rowing turn (an oar ) so that it passes through the air edgeways: he turned, feathering one oar slowly. 2 [ no obj., with adverbial ] float or move like a feather: the green fronds feathered against a blue sky. 3 [ with obj. ] blend or smooth delicately: feather the paint in, in a series of light strokes. 4 [ no obj. ] (of ink, lipstick, etc. ) separate into tiny lines after application: (as noun feathering ) : a long-lasting formula that resists feathering and protects the lips. 5 short for feather-cut. PHRASES a feather in one's cap an achievement to be proud of. feather one's ( own ) nest make money for oneself in an opportunistic or selfish way. ( as ) light as a feather extremely light and insubstantial. DERIVATIVES featherless adjective ORIGIN Old English fether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veer and German Feder, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit patra ‘wing ’, Latin penna ‘feather ’, and Greek pteron, pterux ‘wing ’.
featherback
feather |back ▶noun a tropical freshwater fish native to southern Asia and Africa, with a strongly humped back, a small feather-like dorsal fin, and a long anal fin that runs from the belly to the tail. Also called knifefish. ●Family Notopteridae: four genera and several species, in particular the large edible Notopterus chitala of Asia.
feather bed
fea ¦ther bed |ˈfɛðəbɛd | ▶noun a bed that has a mattress stuffed with feathers. ▶verb ( feather-bed ) [ with obj. ] chiefly Brit. provide (someone ) with excessively favourable economic or working conditions.
feather-brain
feather-brain ▶noun a silly or absent-minded person. DERIVATIVES feather-brained adjective
feather-cut
feather-cut ▶verb [ with obj. ] cut (hair ) into wispy feather-like points: [ as adj. ] : black feather-cut hair. ▶noun ( feathercut ) a hairstyle with wispy feather-like points.
feather duster
fea ¦ther dust ¦er ▶noun 1 a long-handled brush with a head made of feathers, used for dusting. 2 (also feather duster worm ) US another term for fan worm.
feathered
fea ¦thered |ˈfɛðəd | ▶adjective (of a bird ) covered with feathers: [ in combination ] : black-feathered ostriches. • decorated with feathers: a feathered hat.
feathered friend
fea ¦thered friend ▶noun informal (usu. feathered friends ) a bird.
feather edge
fea ¦ther edge ▶noun a fine edge produced by tapering a board, plank, or other object.
feathering
fea ¦ther |ing |ˈfɛð (ə )rɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the plumage of a bird or part of a bird. • the feathers of an arrow. • fringes of hairs on the appendages or body of a dog. • feather-like markings or structure: traditional finishes such as marbling and feathering. • Architecture cusping in tracery. 2 the action of varying the angle of propellers, rotor blades, or oars so as to reduce air or water resistance.
feather-light
feather-light ▶adjective extremely light: a feather-light touch.
feather star
fea ¦ther star ▶noun an echinoderm (marine invertebrate ) with a small disc-like body, long feathery arms for feeding and movement, and short appendages for grasping the surface. ●Order Comatulida, class Crinoidea.
feather stitch
fea ¦ther stitch ▶noun [ mass noun ] ornamental zigzag sewing. ▶verb ( feather-stitch ) [ with obj. ] (usu. as noun feather-stitching ) sew (something ) using feather stitch.
feathertail glider
fea ¦ther |tail glider |ˈfɛðəteɪl | ▶noun an Australian pygmy possum with a flap of skin between the fore- and hindlimbs for gliding, and a feathery tail. ●Acrobates pygmaeus, family Burramyidae. Alternative name: flying mouse.
featherweight
fea ¦ther |weight |ˈfɛðəweɪt | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] a weight in boxing and other sports intermediate between bantamweight and lightweight. In the amateur boxing scale it ranges from 54 to 57 kg. • [ count noun ] a featherweight boxer or other competitor. 2 a very light person or thing. • a person or thing not worth serious consideration: he is an intellectual featherweight.
feathery
fea ¦thery |ˈfɛð (ə )ri | ▶adjective having, covered with, or resembling feathers: wisps of feathery blonde hair. DERIVATIVES featheriness noun
American Oxford Thesaurus
feather
feather noun the size and markings of this feather would indicate a barred owl: plume, quill, flight feather, tail feather; Ornithology covert, plumule; (feathers ) plumage, feathering, down.
Oxford Thesaurus
feather
feather noun the bird preened its feathers: plume, quill; (feathers ) plumage, feathering, down, eider (down ), hackles, crest, tuft, topknot, pinion; technical covert, remex, rectrix, plumule, semi-plume; vibrissae; archaic flag. WORD LINKS feather pteronophobia fear of feathers Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
feathery
feathery adjective 1 the feathery grey bodies of the geese: feathered, plumed, plumy; downy, fluffy, fuzzy, fleecy; technical plumose, plumate. ANTONYMS bald. 2 she wore a feathery nightdress: flimsy, delicate, diaphanous, fine, thin, sheer, gossamer, gossamer-like, gossamer-thin, gossamery, gauzelike, gauzy, wispy, floaty, insubstantial, unsubstantial, ethereal, incorporeal, vaporous, airy; light, lightweight, feather-like, light as a feather.
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feather
feath er /féðə r / (! -ea-は /e /) 〖語源は 「翼 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C (鳥の1本の )羽 , 羽毛, フェザー ▸ a feather bed 羽毛入りマットレス (を敷いたベッド )▸ a feather pillow 羽まくら ▸ (as ) light as a feather ものすごく軽い 2 C 羽飾り ; 羽のようなもの ; (犬 鳥などの )房毛 ; ｟古 ｠服装 .3 C 種類 ▸ birds of a feather 同類の人たち 4 U 〖集合的に 〗猟鳥類 .5 C 非常に軽いもの ; つまらないもの ▸ You could have knocked me over [down ] with a feather .私はびっくり仰天した ; 呆然 （ぼうぜん ）となった (!「羽で押されても倒れるほど驚いた 」の意から ) 6 C 矢羽 .7 C (板を接合する )実 （さね ）.8 C (宝石の )羽毛状の傷 .9 U 〘スポーツ 〙(ボートの )フェザー 〘オールのブレードを水平に返すこと 〙.a f è ather in A's c á p A 〈人 〉の誇るべきもの .f è ather and fl í p ＝kip (→rhyming slang ).m à ke the f è athers fl ý ｟くだけて ｠一生懸命やる ; ひどくやっつける .r ù ffle A's [a few ] f é athers A 〈人 〉を怒らせる, いらいらさせる .sm ò oth (A's ) r ù ffled f é athers (A 〈人 〉の )怒りを和らげる, (Aを )なだめる .動詞 他動詞 1 〈物 〉を羽で覆う, …に羽飾りを付ける ; 〈矢 〉に矢羽を付ける .2 〈オール 〉を水平に返す .3 〘空 海 〙〈プロペラ 〉をフェザリングする 〘抵抗が少なくなる角度で回転させること 〙; (飛行中に )〈エンジン 〉を切る .自動詞 1 羽のように浮かぶ [動く, 揺れる ].2 羽毛がはえる .3 (オールを )水平に返す .～̀ b ó a 羽毛のえり巻き .～̀ d ú ster 羽ぼうき [はたき ].
featherbed
f é ather b è d 動詞 →bed 他動詞 1 ｟米 ｠〈労働者 〉を水増し雇用する .2 ｟話 ｠〈企業 産業 〉を政府補助金で援助する .3 ｟話 ｠〈人 〉を甘やかす .
featherbedding
f é ather b è d ding 名詞 U (企業などの )水増し雇用 .
featherbrain
f é ather br à in 名詞 C ばか, まぬけ, 低能 .f é ather br à ined 形容詞 頭のおかしい, ばかな .
feathered
f é ath ered 形容詞 1 羽毛 [翼 ]のある ▸ our feathered friends 翼を持った友 (!鳥のこと ) 2 (鳥のように )速い .
featherweight
f é ather w è ight 名詞 C 形容詞 (ボクシング レスリングの )フェザー級の (選手 ) 〘バンタム級より重く, ライト級より軽い 〙.
feathery
feath er y /féð (ə )ri /形容詞 1 羽毛 [繊毛 ]の生えた ; 羽毛状の ; ふわふわした .2 軽い, 軽快な ; 繊細な, 細やかな .
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