Feathering can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| feather - turn the oar, while rowing | ||
| feather - turn the paddle; in canoeing | ||
| feather - cover or fit with feathers | ||
| feather - join tongue and groove, in carpentry | ||
| feather - grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already" | ||
Noun |
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| feathering - turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls |
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| 1. | verb | He is always busy feathering his own nest. | |
| 2. | verb | He's feathering his own nest. | |
| 3. | verb | We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests. | |
| 4. | verb | We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests. | |
| 5. | noun | lots of them, feather ones work best, also when he bites you in the morning put him down off your bed, to show him that you will not tolerate that, he will get it, hes also probably teething, so toys are your best bet. | |
| 6. | noun | Feather Type. | |
| 7. | noun | Making such a large sale is a feather in the salesman's cap. | |
| 8. | noun | Winning the Grand Prix was a feather in the cap of the famous drivers. | |
| 9. | noun | Giving such large contributions to charities made him feel that he had a feather in his cap. | |
| 10. | noun | Birds of a feather flock together. | |
| 11. | noun | "What's the difference between erotic and kinky?" "Erotic is when you use a feather and kinky is when you use a whole chicken." | |
| 12. | noun | Rather than coming to resemble each other, it feels like they are birds of a feather. | |
| 13. | noun | Birds of a feather will gather together. | |
| 14. | noun | I felt light as a feather. | |
| 15. | noun | Tickle her nose with a feather while she's sleeping and see if she wakes up. | |
| 16. | noun | Tom suffocated Mary with a feather pillow. | |
| 17. | noun | Yankee Doodle came to town // Riding on a pony // He stuck a feather in his cap // and called it macaroni. | |
| 18. | noun | You have a feather on your coat. | |
| 19. | noun | You have a feather in your hair. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| He is always busy feathering his own nest. | |
| He's feathering his own nest. | |
| We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests. | |
| We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests. | |
| noun | |
| lots of them, feather ones work best, also when he bites you in the morning put him down off your bed, to show him that you will not tolerate that, he will get it, hes also probably teething, so toys are your best bet. |
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| Feather Type. |
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| Making such a large sale is a feather in the salesman's cap. | |
| Winning the Grand Prix was a feather in the cap of the famous drivers. | |
| Giving such large contributions to charities made him feel that he had a feather in his cap. | |
| Birds of a feather flock together. | |
| "What's the difference between erotic and kinky?" "Erotic is when you use a feather and kinky is when you use a whole chicken." | |
| Rather than coming to resemble each other, it feels like they are birds of a feather. | |
| Birds of a feather will gather together. | |
| I felt light as a feather. | |
| Tickle her nose with a feather while she's sleeping and see if she wakes up. | |
| Tom suffocated Mary with a feather pillow. | |
| Yankee Doodle came to town // Riding on a pony // He stuck a feather in his cap // and called it macaroni. | |
| You have a feather on your coat. | |
| You have a feather in your hair. | |