Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb feather

5 senses of feather

Sense 1
feather -- (join tongue and groove, in carpentry)
       => join, conjoin -- (make contact or come together; "The two roads join here")

Sense 2
feather -- (cover or fit with feathers)
       => cover -- (provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers")

Sense 3
feather, square -- (turn the paddle; in canoeing)
       => paddle -- (propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe")

Sense 4
feather, square -- (turn the oar, while rowing)
       => row -- (propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake")

Sense 5
fledge, feather -- (grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already")
       => grow, develop, produce, get, acquire -- (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts")

Antonyms of adj feathered

2 senses of feathered

Sense 1
feathery, feathered, plumy -- (adorned with feathers or plumes)

INDIRECT (VIA adorned) -> unadorned, undecorated -- (not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction)

Sense 2
feathered (vs. unfeathered) -- (having or covered with feathers; "our feathered friends")

unfeathered (vs. feathered), featherless -- (having no feathers; "a featherless biped"; "the unfeathered legs of an Orpington")
        => plucked -- (having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose")
        => unfledged, fledgeless, unvaned -- ((of an arrow) not equipped with feathers; "shot an unfledged arrow")

Similarity of adj feathered

2 senses of feathered

Sense 1
feathery, feathered, plumy -- (adorned with feathers or plumes)
       => adorned (vs. unadorned), decorated -- (provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction)

Sense 2
feathered (vs. unfeathered) -- (having or covered with feathers; "our feathered friends")
       => aftershafted -- (having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers))
       => feathery -- (characterized by a covering of feathers; "the feathery congregation of jays")
       => featherlike, feathery -- (resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers; "feathery palm trees")
       => fledged, vaned -- ((of an arrow) equipped with feathers)
       => flighted (postnominal) -- (having feathers; "arrows flighted argent")
       => pennate -- (having feathered wings)
       => plumaged -- (having or covered in plumage; often used as a combining form; "fully plumaged young bird"; "brilliantly plumaged parrots")
       => plumate, plumed, plumose -- (having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft)
       => plumed, plumy -- (having or covered with or abounding in plumes; "the plumed serpent"; "white-plumed egrets")
       => plumelike, plumy -- (resembling a plume; "the dog's plumy tail")
       => velvety-plumaged -- (plumage resembling velvet)