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Synonyms for feathers

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

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Définition of feathers

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 :
  • Ben Haley meanwhile was rapidly stripping the chicken of its feathers.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • These feathers were the steel-headed arrows that had so tormented them.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • (feather-equipment), the feathers of the shaft of the arrow: dat.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
  • Did Donald hesitate whether his bed was to be on feathers or branches?
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • Little by little, he gathered a store of feathers great and small.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • "Not feathers, as we understand feathers," answered Hagg in an awful voice.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • They are three years old before the eyes begin to show in the feathers.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • Then I know another story of how the eyes came into the peacock's feathers.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • The Humming-Bird is not larger even with its feathers than a large beetle.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • The natives set a great value upon the feathers of the Swan.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
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