Idioms for feather
Origin of feather
before 900; Middle English, Old English
fether; cognate with Dutch
veder, German
Feder, Old Norse
fjǫthr; akin to Greek
pterón, Sanskrit
pátram wing, feather
OTHER WORDS FROM feather
feath·er·less, adjective feath·er·less·ness, noun feath·er·like, adjectiveWords nearby feather
Example sentences from the Web for feather
British Dictionary definitions for feather
feather
/ (ˈfɛðə) /
noun
verb
See also
feathers
Derived forms of feather
featherless, adjective feather-like, adjective feathery, adjectiveWord Origin for feather
Old English
fether; related to Old Frisian
fethere, Old Norse
fjöthr feather, Old High German
fedara wing, Greek
petesthai to fly, Sanskrit
patati he flies
Scientific definitions for feather
feather
[ fĕð′ər ]
One of the light, flat structures that cover the skin of birds. A feather is made of a horny substance and has a narrow, hollow shaft bearing flat vanes formed of many parallel barbs. The barbs of outer feathers are formed of even smaller structures (called barbules) that interlock. The barbs of down feathers do not interlock. Evolutionarily, feathers are modified scales, first seen in certain dinosaurs.
Idioms and Phrases with feather
feather