feathered
adj7 senses
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Covered with feathers.
- “Er...Feathered Omen, hoot not,” he continued uneasily, “Son of Tanit, hoot not!”1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 11:
- Some birds are feathered tufts of color so resplendent that they stand out brilliantly from their surroundings.2024 October 31, Ari Daniel, “How parrot plumage gets its dazzling reds and yellows”, in NPR:
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Business, Engineering, Manufacturing, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Having a finely bevelled edge.
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Appalachia Badly beaten.
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In compounds Having a specific type or number of feathers.
- a blue-feathered bird
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Poetic Swift, like the flight of a feathered creature.
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Poetic Covered or adorned with something, as if with feathers.
- […]when at night he sees moon and stars, mountain ridges feathered with pines, jutting white capes, bold promontories[…]1869, Mark Twain, chapter XLVIII, in The Innocents Abroad, page 508:
- Synonyms
- befeathered