Meaning of feather | Babel Free

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1. A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
2. A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display
3. A surname.
4. An English surname originating as an occupation.
5. Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
6. An act or deed to one's credit; a distinctive achievement.
7. Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair
8. An anglicized Americanized German surname from German, equivalent to English Feather.
9. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
10. To grow wealthy by taking advantage of one's position or by making use of property or funds left in one's trust.
11. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow
12. A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways or rotationally but permit motion lengthwise.
13. In excellent form, health, or humor.
14. A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways or rotationally but permit motion lengthwise
15. Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
16. One of the light, flat structures that cover the skin of birds. A feather has a narrow, hollow shaft bearing flat vanes formed of many parallel barbs. The barbs of outer feathers are formed of even smaller structures (called barbules) that interlock. The barbs of down feathers do not interlock.
17. Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather")
18. One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the stone to split.
19. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members:breed, cast, description, ilk, kind, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type, variety.
20. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
21. one of the things that grow from a bird's skin that form the covering of its body. They cleaned the oil off the seagull's feathers. veer ريشَه перо pena pero die Feder fjer φτερό, πούπουλοpluma sulg پر höyhen plumeנוצה पंख, पर pero, perje toll(azat) bulu fjöður piuma 羽毛 새의 깃털 plunksna spalva bulu veerfjærpióro پر pena pană перо pero pero perje fjäder ขนนก tüy 羽毛 перо پرندے کا پر lông vũ; lông (chim) 羽毛
22. Anything petty or trifling; a whit or jot.
23. to line, cover or decorate with feathers. The eagle feathers its nest with down from its own breast. veer, beveer يُزَيِّن بِالرّيش، يَكْسو بِالرّيش покривам с пера acolchoar/forrar vystlat/ozdobit peřím mit Federn versehen fjerbeklæde σκεπάζω, ντύνω με φτερά emplumar sulgedega vooderdama پر زدن به چیزی vuorata höyhenillä emplumer לְרַפֶּד בְּנוֹצוֹת सजाना, संवारना nakititi (napuniti) perjem tollal bélel (fészket) melapisi búa fjöðrum guarnire di piume 羽毛でおおう 깃털을 장식하다 kloti/puošti plunksnomis...
24. Partridges and pheasants, as opposed to rabbits and hares (called fur).
    in-plural
25. geveerd, gepluim مَكْسو بِالرّيش، مُزَيَّن بالرّيش пернат emplumado opeřený gefiedert fjerbeklædt φτερωτόςemplumado sulgedega ehitud پر دار höyheninen emplumé מְנוּצֶה परदार pernat tollas membului fjaðraður, fiðraður pennuto, piumato 羽毛をつけた 깃털이 난, 깃을 단 plunksnotas spalvains berbulu gevederd fjærkledd/-pyntet upierzony بنکی adornado/enfeitado com penas? împănat украшенный перьями operený operjen pernat befjädrad ที่มีขนนกปกคลุม tüylü 有羽毛的 прикрашений пір'ям پردار có lông; có trang trí lông; 有羽毛的
26. A junction indicator attached to a colour-light signal at an angle, which lights up, typically with four white lights in a row, when a diverging route is set up.
27. something one can be proud of. Winning the race was quite a feather in his cap. iets is ʼn pluimpie vir iemand شَيءٌ يُفْتَخَر به، علامَة إمتياز повод за гордост motivo de orgulho veliké vyznamenání etwas, worauf man stolz sein kann en fjer i hatten τίτλος τιμής, κτ. για το οποίο κπ. είνα�� περήφανος un motivo de orgullo tõeline saavutus مایه افتخار sulka hatussa un fleuron à sa couronne דַבָר לְהִתגָאוֹת בּוֹ उपलब्धि nešto čime se netko može podičiti, što mu služi na čast becsületére válik ke...
28. A faint edge.
29. to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust. All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest. jou eie sakke vul, jou verryk يَكْسَبُ المال لِنَفْسِه забогатявам fazer o pé de meia namastit si kapsu das Vertrauen andere Mißbrauchen, um Reichtum anzuhäufen mele sin egen kage βγάζω χρήματα εκμεταλλευόμενος την εμπιστοσύνη κπ. barrer para casa, hacer su agosto vahelt tegema, oma taskusse ajama با سواستفاده ا...

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Examples

“Notice, too, that the shaft is not straight, but bent so that the upper surface of the feather is convex, and the lower concave.”

“Big fellows they were, all of them, their barbaric headdresses and grotesquely painted faces, together with their many metal ornaments and gorgeously coloured feathers, adding to their wild, fierce appearance.”

“Nesting birds pluck some of their own feathers to line the nest, but feather plucking in pet birds is entirely different.”

“Near-synonym: spline”

“I am not of that feather to shake off / My friend when he must need me.”

“To some pew purchasers he gave deeds, to others he gave, none, but both were promised security, and both it seems were equally secure, for the pew deed as Mr. Melledge declared to Mr. G. was not worth a feather.”

“Signal M123 is a conventional 3-aspect colour light with three Junction Indicators - commonly known as 'feathers'.”

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