A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

To cover or furnish with feathers; (when of an arrow) to fletch. / To adorn, as if with feathers; to fringe. / To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.

plural of feather

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feather

Covered with feathers. / (rowing) Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion. / (engineering, manufacturing) Having a finely bevelled edge. / (Appalachia) Badly beaten.

simple past tense and past participle of feather

present participle of feather

Plumage. / A feathered texture. / The fitting of feathers to arrows.

plural of feathering

plural of featherer