Defenition of the word feather
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Defenition of the word feather
- A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the skin of birds and protects them against coldness and water and allows their wings to create lift.
- cover or fit with feathers
- join tongue and groove, in carpentry
- turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
- the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
- turn the oar, while rowing
- turn the paddle; in canoeing
- grow feathers, of birds
- grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"
- grow feathers
Synonyms for the word feather
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- barb
- feathering
- fledge
- plumage
- plume
- quill
- spike
- spine
- square
Similar words in the feather
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- feather
- feather's
- featherbedding
- featherbedding's
- feathered
- featherier
- featheriest
- feathering
- feathers
- featherweight
- featherweight's
- featherweights
- feathery
Meronymys for the word feather
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- bird
- calamus
- ceratin
- keratin
- melanin
- quill
- row
- rowing
- shaft
- vane
- web
Hyponyms for the word feather
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- aftershaft
- alula
- bastard wing
- contour feather
- down
- down feather
- flight feather
- hackle
- marabou
- pinion
- quill
- quill feather
- scapular
- spurious wing
Hypernyms for the word feather
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- acquire
- animal material
- body covering
- conjoin
- cover
- develop
- get
- grow
- join
- paddle
- produce
- rotary motion
- rotation
- row
- surname
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