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feathers
We have found lemma(root) word of feathers : feather.
Definitions
[ˈfɛðə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- 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
(e.g: the waxwing has very bright feathers and a prominent crest)
Phrases:
- a feather in one's cap
- feather one's nest
- light as a feather
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’
[ˈfɛðə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- rotate the blades of (a propeller) about their own axes in such a way as to lessen the air or water resistance
- float or move like a feather
(e.g: the green fronds feathered against a blue sky)
- blend or smooth delicately
(e.g: feather the paint in, in a series of light strokes)
- (of ink, lipstick, etc.) separate into tiny lines after application
(e.g: the ink started to feather and smudge)
Phrases:
- a feather in one's cap
- feather one's nest
- light as a feather
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’
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