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Synonyms for feather

Grammar : Noun
Spell : feth -er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛð ər

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Définition of feather

Origin :
  • Old English feðer "feather," in plural, "wings," from Proto-Germanic *fethro (cf. Old Saxon fethara, Old Norse fioþr, Swedish fjäder, Middle Dutch vedere, Dutch veder, Old High German fedara, German Feder), from PIE *pet-ra-, from root *pet- "to rush, to fly" (see petition (n.)). Feather-headed "silly" is from 1640s. Feather duster attested by 1858. Figurative use of feather in (one's) cap attested by 1734.
  • noun tuft of bird; plumage
Example sentences :
  • Better to strike the rear guard than to feather a shaft in the earth.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • His ears hummed and rang, and his brain swam as light as a feather.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • You could have knocked me over with a feather when Bartlett sprang it on me this morning.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • This was no master-charioteer, but a mere lad, a feather riding the wind.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • He has conspired against me, like the rest, and they are but birds of one feather.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • But oh, their feather arrows were enough to frighten even these bravest of men.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • And I cut off his head with one stroke, like a feather, while he only said 'Oof!'
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • The secretary nodded, and rubbed the bridge of his nose with the feather of his pen.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Then with added mischief: “And your hair is simply as fluffy as—as a feather duster.”
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The tar and feather proposal seemed to meet with general favor.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
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