banˈtamweight noun

1. A weight category, applied esp in boxing
2. A sportsperson of the specified weight for the category (eg in professional boxing above flyweight, junior bantamweight or super flyweight (maximum 52kg/115lb), banˈtamweight (maximum 54kg/118lb), and super bantamweight or junior featherweight (maximum 55kg/122lb))

feather /fedhˈər/

noun

1. One of the light growths that form the soft covering of a bird
2. Anything resembling this, eg an ornament
3. A set of these, or synthetic substitutes, on the end of an arrow, to aid flight
4. Plumage
5. Condition
6. Birds collectively
7. Anything light or trifling
8. A projecting longitudinal rib or strip
9. Feather-edge
10. A wedge
11. A formation of hair, eg on the legs of certain breeds of dog or horse
12. The act of moving an oar edgewise through the air, to lessen resistance
13. A foamy wave or wave crest, esp that caused by a submarine's periscope

transitive verb

1. To provide, cover or adorn with a feather or feathers
2. To turn (an oar) parallel to the water, to lessen air-resistance, or to make (a propeller-blade, etc) rotate in such a way as to lessen resistance
3. To shape (hair) by trimming and thinning
4. To touch lightly

intransitive verb

1. To take on the appearance of a feather
2. To quiver the tail

feathˈered adjective

1. Covered or fitted with feathers, or anything featherlike
2. Like the flight of a feathered animal, swift

feathˈeriness noun

feathˈering noun

1. Plumage
2. The addition of a feather or feathers
3. A featherlike appearance
4. An arrangement of small arcs separated by cusps, within an arch (architecture)

feathˈerlike adjective

feathˈery adjective

Relating to, resembling, or covered with feathers or an appearance of feathers

feather bed noun

A mattress filled with feathers or down

feathˈerbed transitive verb

1. To pamper
2. To protect (an industry, workers, etc) by such practices as overmanning in order to save jobs
3. To provide with financial inducements (informal)

featherbedˈding noun

feathˈer-boarding same as weatherboarding (see under weather)

feather-bonnˈet noun

A Highland soldier's feather-covered headdress

feathˈer-brain noun (also feathˈer-head or feathˈer-pate (archaic)

) a frivolous, silly person

feathˈer-brained (also feathˈer-headed) adjective

feather cut noun

A style of haircut in which the hair is left thin and fine in texture

feather duster noun

A light brush of feathers, used for dusting

feathˈer-edge noun

An edge of a board or plank thinner than the other edge

feathˈer-grass noun

A perennial grass (genus Stipa) with a feathery beard

feather palm noun

Any palm with feather-shaped leaves

feather star see crinoid

feather stitch noun

One of a series of stitches making a zigzag line

feathˈerweight noun

1. The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse
2. A weight category, applied esp in boxing
3. A sportsperson of the specified weight for the category (eg in professional boxing above bantamweight, junior featherweight or super bantamweight (maximum 55kg/122lb), featherweight (maximum 57kg/126lb), and super featherweight or junior lightweight (maximum 59kg/130lb))
4. Anyone of little consequence

a feather in one's cap

An achievement of which one can be proud

birds of a feather

People of similar character

feathered friend (humorous)

A bird

feather one's nest

To accumulate wealth for oneself while working for others in a position of trust

in full or high feather

Greatly elated or in high spirits

make the feathers fly

To create a turmoil or uproar

ruffle someone's feathers

To upset or offend someone

show the white feather

To show signs of cowardice, a white feather in a gamecock's tail being considered as a sign of degeneracy

tar and feather see under tar¹

you could have knocked me down with a feather

I was astounded

junior /joonˈyər/

adjective

1. Younger
2. Less advanced
3. Of lower standing
4. (of a product) smaller (and often simpler) than the standard
5. (of boxing weights) lighter than the standard for that weight

noun

1. Someone younger, less advanced, or of lower standing
2. (often with cap) the young boy in a family (US)
3. A bridge-player on the declarer's right
4. An American student in his or her third year (of four)
5. A British junior school-pupil

juniority /-i-orˈi-ti/ noun

junior bantamweight see bantamweight under bantam

junior college noun (N American)

A college offering only the first two years of a university education

junior common room or (Cambridge University) junior combination room noun

In some universities, a common room for the use of (esp undergraduate) students (cf senior common room under senior, middle common room under middle; abbrev JCR)

junior featherweight see featherweight under feather

junior flyweight see flyweight under fly

junior high school or junior high noun (N American)

A school between elementary and senior high, for 12- to 14-year-olds

junior lightweight see lightweight under light²

junior middleweight see middleweight under middle

junior miss noun

A (clothing size or range suitable for the) teenage girl or young woman

junior optime see optime

junior school noun

A school for children aged between seven and eleven years

junior service noun

The Army

junior soph noun (historical)

A second-year undergraduate at Cambridge

junior technician noun (RAF)

A rank senior to aircraftman

junior welterweight see welterweight