FEATHER


Meaning of FEATHER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ feðə(r) ]

( feathers)

1.

A bird’s feathers are the soft covering on its body. Each feather consists of a lot of smooth hairs on each side of a thin stiff centre.

...a hat that she had made herself from black ostrich feathers.

...a feather bed.

N-COUNT

see also feathered

2.

to ruffle someone’s feathers: see ruffle

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