feathered

[feth-erd]

adjective

1. clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow.

2. quick; rapid; speedy; swift.

   feathered feet.

3. (of a veneer) cut to show a figure resembling a plume.

Other Word Forms

• unfeathered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of feathered¹

before 1000; Middle English fethered, Old English gefetherede, feather, -ed ³

Example Sentences

Dual feeders let you offer two types of seed at once, attracting an even wider variety of feathered friends.

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All over the estate, nests were being feathered and cozy family-sized burrows dug.

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Beowulf packed up his sketch pad and pastel crayons; he was a talented artist and highly skilled at depicting each bird in all its beaked and feathered glory.

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The 77-year-old wore a blue feathered hat made by a milliner to the late Queen and carried a bag designed by Lady Victoria.

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Today, the penacho on display in Vienna is the only surviving feathered headdress among the multitudes that once proliferated in the region.

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