feathered

IPA: fˈɛðɝd

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.
(in combination) Having a specific type or number of feathers.
(poetic) Swift, like the flight of a feathered creature.

Examples of "feathered" in Sentences

(link) Gods-be-feathered is from the Chanur books.
It features fossils and models of the so-called feathered dinosaurs recently discovered in China.
Alabama's short-term feathered visitors left the state last week headed for wintering grounds in Florida.
He walked into the maze of storage shelves, past towering stacks of artifact boxes, their labels feathered by mold.
Each back proof carries the Hawaiian Coat of Arms which includes two men in feathered cloaks and helmets flanking the shield.
Now Ricky and Lucy, as she calls the feathered pair, live peacefully at Hidden Lake alongside numerous pets and children, she said.
(Soundbite of laughter) Mr. RODRIGUEZ: And some colleague in New York reminded me, you know, tarred and feathered is just a metaphor nowadays.
The four Neville Brothers first worked together backing Mardi Gras Indians for the 1976 album “The Wild Tchoupitoulas” and their set started with the Nevilles joined by current Tchoupitoulas in feathered suits, one carrying a giant sequined tomahawk.