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Meanings of feather in English

Russian
перья
Portuguese
pluma
Spanish
pluma
Catalan
plomatge
Wikidata

Body-covering structure of birds.

        перья

        Turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls.

              Turn the oar, while rowing.

                    Grow feathers.

                          Usage of feather in English
                          1
                          She lingered a moment longer and watched Candle hold the red feather.
                          Son of a witch: volume two in the wicked years
                          2
                          The feather in the hat of Lewis was the loadstar of victory.
                          The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
                          3
                          A second experiment investigated the predictive relationship between feather-eating and plumage damage.
                          Pubmed
                          4
                          No, indeed; he was white-whiteas feather-snownew fallen in the meadow.
                          The Curious Book of Birds
                          5
                          In rotating, much depends on the size and shape of the feather.
                          Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
                          6
                          Open the box and thou wilt find the scale and the feather.
                          The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World
                          7
                          From broad-brimmed hat floated the longest ostrich feather procurable in the shops.
                          The Red Acorn
                          8
                          It struck deep in the flank, up to the feather ranging forward.
                          Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
                          9
                          In purchases, as in other matters, a feather turns the balanced scale.
                          White Lies
                          10
                          It's feather light on the upswing and lead heavy on the downswing.
                          World After
                          11
                          Remember that from slumber parties-stiffas a board, light as a feather?
                          Stand by your hitman
                          12
                          One only wriggled in the air, brandishing the victim like a feather.
                          Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
                          13
                          There's even a hint of Dumbo's magic feather in the final resolution.
                          Radio NZ
                          14
                          She noted that the tip of his red feather brushed the ground.
                          A Spinner in the Sun
                          15
                          Birds of a feather, if you want to put it that way.
                          Death of a Red Heroine
                          16
                          There were smart red velvet roses and a feather in her hat.
                          The Debtor: A Novel
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                          Translations for feather
                          Feather through the time
                          Feather across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          Ireland
                          Less common