单词 | feathered |
释义 | feathered (once / 1855 pages) adj WORD FAMILY feathered: unfeathered+/feather: feathered, feathering, featherless, featherlike, feathers, feathery/feathering: featherings/feathery: featheriness USAGE EXAMPLESBirds, first appearing about 150m years ago, evolved from small feathered dinosaurs. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) Birds, first appearing about 150 million years ago, evolved from small feathered dinosaurs. Reuters(Dec 22, 2016) The arresting officer posed with his feathered prisoner, and the image soon circulated on social media. Washington Post(Dec 11, 2016) 1adj having or covered with feathers our feathered friends Syn|Ant aftershafted having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) featherycharacterized by a covering of feathers featherlike, featheryresembling or suggesting a feather or feathers fledged, vaned(of an arrow) equipped with feathers flightedhaving feathers pennatehaving feathered wings plumagedhaving or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form plumate, plumed, plumosehaving an ornamental plume or feathery tuft plumed, plumyhaving or covered with or abounding in plumes plumelike, plumyresembling a plume velvety-plumagedplumage resembling velvet featherless, unfeathered having no feathers pluckedhaving the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl fledgeless, unfledged, unvaned(of an arrow) not equipped with feathers 2adj adorned with feathers or plumes Syn feathery, plumy adorned, decorated provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction |
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