ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Feathered

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Feathered is an adjective meaning Covered with feathers.

Meaning

Covered with feathers.

More Meanings

  1. (rowing) Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion.
  2. (engineering, manufacturing) Having a finely bevelled edge.
  3. (Appalachia) Badly beaten.
  4. (in combination) Having a specific type or number of feathers.
  5. (poetic) Swift, like the flight of a feathered creature.
  6. (poetic) Covered or adorned with something, as if with feathers.
  7. simple past and past participle of feather

Example Sentences

a blue-feathered bird
“Er...Feathered Omen, hoot not,” he continued uneasily, “Son of Tanit, hoot not!”
Some birds are feathered tufts of color so resplendent that they stand out brilliantly from their surroundings.
[…]when at night he sees moon and stars, mountain ridges feathered with pines, jutting white capes, bold promontories[…]

Synonyms for feathered

Depending on context, synonyms include befeathered, adorned, feathery, decorated, fledged, plumed.

Antonyms for feathered

Common opposites include unfeathered, featherless.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include plumy, plumed, plumose, plumaged, featherlike, feathery.

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