FEATHER IN ONE'S CAP

Meaning of FEATHER IN ONE'S CAP in English

n. phr. Something to be proud of; an honor. It was a feather in his cap to win first prize. (From the medieval practice of placing a feather in the helmet of one who won honors in battle.)

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FEATHER IN ONE'S CAP — something to be proud of
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FEATHER IN ONE'S CAP — {n. phr.} Something to be proud of; an honor. * /It was a feather in his cap to win first …
Slang English vocab
FEATHER IN ONE'S CAP — {n. phr.} Something to be proud of; an honor. * /It was a feather in his cap to win first …
Словарь английских идиом
FEATHER IN ONE`S CAP — something to be proud of, an honor Winning the speech contest was a feather in his cap and we are …
English Idioms vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEATHER — I. ˈfethə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English fether, from Old English; akin to Old High German federa wing, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEATHER — — featherless , adj. — featherlessness , n. — featherlike , adj. /fedh"euhr/ , n. 1. one of the horny …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAP — cap 1 — capless , adj. /kap/ , n. , v. , capped, capping . n. 1. a close-fitting covering …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEATHER — v. produce feathers; furnish with feathers, decorate with feathers, stuff with feathers; resemble a feather; move like a feather
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FEATHER — I. ˈfe-thər noun Etymology: Middle English fether, from Old English; akin to Old High German federa wing, Latin petere to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
CAP — vt to deprive of cap. 2. cap ·noun a covering for the head. 3. cap ·vt to salute by removing …
Webster English vocab
FEATHER — [feath.er] n [ME fether, fr. OE; akin to OHG federa wing, L petere to go to, seek, Gk petesthai to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FEATHER — the component structure of the outer covering and flight surfaces of all modern birds. Unique to birds, feathers apparently evolved …
Britannica English vocabulary
FEATHER — feath|er BrE AmE ˈfeð |ə AmE -| ə r ▷ feath|ered əd AmE ə rd ▷ feath|ering ə r‿ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEATHER — / ˈfeðə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun one of the many soft light parts covering a bird's body …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAP — / kæp; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun HAT 1. a type of soft flat hat with a peak …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FEATHER — I. feath ‧ er 1 /ˈfeðə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: fether ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FEATHER — n. & v. --n. 1 any of the appendages growing from a bird's skin, with a horny hollow stem and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAP — n. & v. --n. 1 a a soft brimless head-covering, usu. with a peak. b a head-covering worn in a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FEATHER — n. & v. n. 1 any of the appendages growing from a bird's skin, with a horny hollow stem and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAP — n. & v. n. 1 a a soft brimless head-covering, usu. with a peak. b a head-covering worn in a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
FEATHER — n. & v. --n. 1. any of the appendages growing from a bird's skin, with a horny hollow stem and …
Oxford English vocab
CAP — n. & v. --n. 1. a a soft brimless head-covering, usu. with a peak. b a head-covering worn in a …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEATHER — ( feathers) 1. A bird’s feathers are the soft covering on its body. Each feather consists of a lot of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEATHER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a feather bed (= a bed with feathers in the mattress ) as light …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAP — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES baseball cap bathing cap caps lock cloth cap dunce's cap Dutch cap filler cap …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEATHER — See: BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER, TAR AND FEATHER, FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE FINE BIRDS, FUSS AND FEATHERS, …
Slang English vocab
FEATHER — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ breast , neck , tail , wing ▪ ostrich , peacock , etc. ▪ flight ▪ a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FEATHER — n. 25B6; noun PLUME, quill, flight feather, tail feather; Ornithology covert, plumule; ( feathers ) plumage, feathering, down.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FEATHER — 1. сущ. 1) а) перо (у птиц) pluck feathers a feather in one's cap feather ball б) собир. или мн. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FEATHER — feather.ogg 1. ʹfeðə n 1. перо ( птичье ) as light as a feather - лёгкий как пёрышко 2. тж. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
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Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
IN — 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. pl …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FEATHER — 1. ʹfeðə n 1. перо ( птичье ) as light as a feather - лёгкий как пёрышко 2. тж. pl …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ONE — 1. числ. колич. 1) один ( число 1 ) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FEATHER — 1. сущ. 1) а) перо ( у птиц ) - a feather in one's cap - feather ball - pluck …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CAP — I ˈkæp 1. сущ. 1) а) кепка, шапка; фуражка ( и другие виды форменных головных уборов, профессорских шапочек и т. …
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