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Meanings of
featherbed
in English
Portuguese
mimosear
Catalan
amanyagar
Back to the meaning
Treat with excessive indulgence.
baby
spoil
indulge
cocker
coddle
pamper
mollycoddle
cosset
Portuguese
mimosear
Portuguese
penugem
Spanish
colchón de plumas
Back to the meaning
A mattress stuffed with feathers.
feather bed
Portuguese
penugem
Synonyms
Examples for "
feather bed
"
feather bed
Examples for "
feather bed
"
1
When he died they found twenty thousand roubles in his
feather
bed
.
2
He was warmed and fed enormously and rolled into a
feather
bed
.
3
Natásha wept, sitting on the blue-striped
feather
bed
and hugging her friend.
4
A joiner had a one-room house with a
feather
bed
and bolster.
5
Some recommend a
feather
bed
,
but I think an Expert is better.
Usage of
featherbed
in English
1
Great
featherbed
clouds are billowing across the sun, their edges brilliant silver.
2
Her
featherbed
was twice as wide and lofty as my straw-and-rag-filled shakedown.
3
The bed hangings were askew and the
featherbed
dumped unceremoniously on the floor.
4
The bedding smelled of down must, and the pungent straw beneath the
featherbed
.
5
For a moment she thought about the High King's
featherbed
.
6
I wondered if I could find her a
featherbed
somewhere to go over the ticking.
7
Shae murmured sleepily and rolled toward him when he sat on the edge of the
featherbed
.
8
Her knees ached, and she would have given much for a
featherbed
and a pillow just then.
9
Bran preferred the hard stone of the window seat to the comforts of his
featherbed
and blankets.
10
Then she began saving for a
featherbed
.
11
The
featherbed
was soft and cozy.
12
The
featherbed
weighed a thousand pounds.
13
The deepest
featherbed
may as well be a gibbet for all the comfort I can find upon it.
14
Sandor Clegane scooped her up around the waist and lifted her off the
featherbed
as she struggled feebly.
15
There was a sudden flash of white as he lunged, and I-found myself pressed deep into the
featherbed
.
16
With a scramble and shrug Ashlin cast her shirt aside and crawled forward, forcing Savedra back against the
featherbed
.
Other examples for "featherbed"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
featherbed
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
huge featherbed
boast a featherbed
deepest featherbed
great featherbed
let the featherbed
More collocations
Translations for
featherbed
Portuguese
mimosear
mimar
amimar
afagar
penugem
Catalan
amanyagar
contemplar
amoixar
Spanish
colchón de plumas
Featherbed
through the time