feather
1. the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
plume, plumage
• Derivationally related forms:
plume (for: plume), feathery
• Hypernyms:
body covering, animal material
• Hyponyms:
down, down feather, aftershaft, contour feather, bastard wing,
alula, spurious wing, marabou, hackle, flight feather, pinion,
quill, quill feather, scapular
• Part Holonyms:
bird
• Substance Meronyms:
keratin, ceratin, melanin
• Part Meronyms:
vane, web, quill, calamus, shaft
2. turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
• Syn:
feathering
• Derivationally related forms:
feather (for: feathering)
• Hypernyms:
rotation, rotary motion
• Part Holonyms:
rowing, row
1. join tongue and groove, in carpentry (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
join, conjoin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. cover or fit with feathers
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. turn the paddle;
in canoeing
• Syn:
square
• Hypernyms:
paddle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. turn the oar, while rowing
• Syn:
square
• Derivationally related forms:
feathering
• Hypernyms:
row
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
5. grow feathers
- The young sparrows are fledging already
• Syn:
fledge
• Hypernyms:
grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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