Noun feather (plural: feathers) A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the wings of birds that allows their wings to create lift. Translations Catalan: ploma f Chumash (Inezeño): qap Danish: fjer c Dutch: veer f, veder f, pluim f French: plume f German: Feder f Guarani: ague (t-) Interlingua: pluma, penna Italian: piuma f Latin: pluma f Polish: pióro n Portuguese: pluma f, pena f Romanian: fulg n, pană f Russian: перо n Spanish: pluma f Swedish: fjäder c Tok Pisin: gras bilong pisin Tupinambá: aba (s-) Intransitive verb to feather (feathered, feathered) In rowing, to rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance. Translations Danish: skodde Transitive verb to feather (feathered, feathered) In rowing, to rotate (the oars) while out of the water to reduce wind resistance. Translations Danish: skodde Adjective feather or feathered In engineering or manufacturing a feather(ed) edge is a finely bevelled edge Related terms tar and feather
