To cover or furnish with feathers; (when of an arrow) to fletch. / To adorn, as if with feathers; to fringe. / To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

simple past tense and past participle of feather

Covered with feathers. / (rowing) Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion. / (engineering, manufacturing) Having a finely bevelled edge. / (Appalachia) Badly beaten.

Plumage. / A feathered texture. / The fitting of feathers to arrows.

present participle of feather

plural of feathering

One who feathers.

plural of featherer

(aeronautics) Of a propeller: capable of having its blades streamlined by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down, so that the propeller does not windmill as the aircraft flies.