feathered

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adjective

Covered with feathers.

Similar
befeatheredfeatheryplumyadorneddecoratedaftershaftedfeatherlikefledged
Opposite
unfeathered
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Covered with feathers.

    “Er...Feathered Omen, hoot not,” he continued uneasily, “Son of Tanit, hoot not!”

    1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 11
    1 more example

    Some birds are feathered tufts of color so resplendent that they stand out brilliantly from their surroundings.

    2024 October 31, Ari Daniel, “How parrot plumage gets its dazzling reds and yellows”, in NPR
  2. hobbiesHaving the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion.
  3. businessHaving a finely bevelled edge.
  4. AppalachiaBadly beaten.
  5. in compoundsHaving a specific type or number of feathers.

    a blue-feathered bird

  6. poeticSwift, like the flight of a feathered creature.
  7. poeticCovered or adorned with something, as if with feathers.

    […]when at night he sees moon and stars, mountain ridges feathered with pines, jutting white capes, bold promontories[…]

    1869, Mark Twain, chapter XLVIII, in The Innocents Abroad, page 508
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of feather

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
befeathered

adjectiveadorned with feathers or plumes

Similar
featheryplumyadorneddecorated

adjectivehaving or covered with feathers

Similar
aftershaftedfeatheryfeatherlikefledgedvaned
Opposite
unfeathered
Also see
avinefeatherlikefeatheryfledgedflightedpennateplumagedplumedplumelikeplumoseplumyvaned

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan empenat, emplomallat
  • empenatcovered with feathers
  • emplomallatcovered with feathers
Dutch bevederd
  • bevederdcovered with feathers
French emplumé, à plumes
  • emplumécovered with feathers
  • à plumescovered with feathers
German gefiedert, mit Federn besetzt
  • gefiedertcovered with feathers
  • mit Federn besetztcovered with feathers
  • gefedertcovered with feathers
Irish eiteach
  • eiteachcovered with feathers
Italian pennuto
  • pennutocovered with feathers
Latin pennātus, penniger
  • pennātuscovered with feathers
  • pennigercovered with feathers
Polish opierzony, pierzasty
  • opierzonycovered with feathers
  • pierzastycovered with feathers
  • upierzonycovered with feathers
Portuguese emplumado, empenado
  • emplumadocovered with feathers
  • empenadocovered with feathers
Russian перна́тый
  • перна́тый (pernátyj)covered with feathers
Spanish emplumado
  • emplumadocovered with feathers

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

defeather
Cite this entry
APA

feathered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feathered

MLA

“feathered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feathered. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feathered,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feathered.

Source: feathered on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.