feathered 音标拼音: [f'ɛðɚd]
a . 有羽毛的;像鸟般飞得快的
有羽毛的;像鸟般飞得快的
feathered adj 1 :
adorned with feathers or plumes [
synonym : {
feathery },
{
feathered }, {
plumy }]
2 :
having or covered with feathers ; "
our feathered friends "
[
ant : {
featherless }, {
unfeathered }]
Feather \
Feath "
er \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Feathered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Feathering .}]
1 .
To furnish with a feather or feathers ,
as an arrow or a cap .
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An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing . --
L '
Estrange .
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2 .
To adorn ,
as with feathers ;
to fringe .
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A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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3 .
To render light as a feather ;
to give wings to .[
R .]
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The Polonian story perhaps may feather some tedious hours . --
Loveday .
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4 .
To enrich ;
to exalt ;
to benefit .
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They stuck not to say that the king cared not to plume his nobility and people to feather himself .
--
Bacon .
--
Dryden .
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5 .
To tread ,
as a cock . --
Dryden .
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{
To feather one '
s nest },
to provide for one '
s self especially from property belonging to another ,
confided to one '
s care ; --
an expression taken from the practice of birds which collect feathers for the lining of their nests .
{
To feather an oar } (
Naut ),
to turn it when it leaves the water so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the least resistance to air while reaching for another stroke .
{
To tar and feather a person },
to smear him with tar and cover him with feathers ,
as a punishment or an indignity .
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Feathered \
Feath "
ered \,
a .
1 .
Clothed ,
covered ,
or fitted with (
or as with )
feathers or wings ;
as ,
a feathered animal ;
a feathered arrow .
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Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury . --
Shak .
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Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent . --
Dr .
J .
Scott .
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2 .
Furnished with anything featherlike ;
ornamented ;
fringed ;
as ,
land feathered with trees .
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3 . (
Zool .)
Having a fringe of feathers ,
as the legs of certian birds ;
or of hairs ,
as the legs of a setter dog .
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4 . (
Her .)
Having feathers ; --
said of an arrow ,
when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft .
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24 Moby Thesaurus words for "
feathered ":
adorned ,
beaded ,
bedecked ,
bedizened ,
befrilled ,
bejeweled ,
beribboned ,
bespangled ,
decked out ,
decorated ,
embellished ,
festooned ,
figured ,
flowered ,
garnished ,
jeweled ,
ornamented ,
plumed ,
spangled ,
spangly ,
studded ,
tricked out ,
trimmed ,
wreathed
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