feathering
Misollar
- He's feathering his own nest.
- He is always busy feathering his own nest.
fe’l verb
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To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
The stylist feathered my hair.
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To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.
After striking the bird, the pilot feathered the left, damaged engine’s propeller.
- To cover or furnish with feathers.
- To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
ot noun
- Plumage.
- A feathered texture.
- The fitting of feathers to arrows.
- An arrangement of small arcs or foils separated by projecting cusps, frequently forming the feather-like ornament on the inner mouldings of arches.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.