feather

feather
'feðə 1. noun
(one of the things that grow from a bird's skin that form the covering of its body: They cleaned the oil off the seagull's feathers.) fjær
2. verb
(to line, cover or decorate with feathers: The eagle feathers its nest with down from its own breast.) pynte med fjær, sette fjær i
- feathery
- a feather in one's cap
- feather one's own nest
- feather one's nest
fjær
I
subst. \/ˈfeħə\/
1) fjær
2) (kollektiv) fuglevilt
3) (teknikk og tømrerfag) fjær
4) (mekanikk) ribbe, (glide)kile
5) fjærkledning, fjærdrakt
as light as a feather så lett som en fjær
birds of a feather flock together like barn leker best
crop somebody's feathers (overført) sette noen på plass
cut a feather (sjøfart) skjære vannet så det skummer om baugen (overført) gå raskt, bevege seg friskt (gammeldags) drive ordkløveri
feather and groove (tømrerfag) not og fjær
feather-and-groove planking (tømrerfag) pløyd plankekledning
a feather in someone's cap\/hat en fjær i hatten på noen
a feather merchant (amer., slang) unnasluntrer
fine feathers make fine birds klær skaper folk
knock somebody down with a feather gjøre noen paff
• you could have knocked me down with a feather!
jeg ble aldeles paff!
in full feather rik i full stas
in high feather eller in fine feather i strålende humør, opprømt i fin form, ved god helse, strålende sunn
show the white feather vise feighet, være feig
II
verb
1) (zoologi, om fugler) få fjær
2) sette fjær på, forsyne med fjær, pynte med fjær, sette fjær i
• feather an arrow
sette fjær på en pil
3) (rosport) skjene (med), flatstille
• feather an oar
flatstille et åreblad
4) (teknikk) nullstille
• feather the propeller
nullstille propellen
5) (jakt) skadeskyte
• feather a bird
skadeskyte en fugl
6) sveve som fjær, vaie som fjær
7) (tømrerfag) sammenføye med not og fjær

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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  • feather — [feth′ər] n. [ME fether < OE; akin to Ger feder < IE base * pet , to fall, fly > Gr pteron, wing, piptein, L petere, to fall, Sans pátati, (he) flies] 1. Zool. any of the growths covering the body of a bird or making up a large part of… …   English World dictionary

  • Feather — Feath er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feathering.}] 1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap. [1913 Webster] An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing. L Estrange.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • feather — ► NOUN ▪ any of the flat appendages growing from a bird s skin, consisting of a partly hollow horny shaft fringed with vanes of barbs. ► VERB 1) rotate the blades of (a propeller) to lessen the air or water resistance. 2) (feathered) covered or… …   English terms dictionary

  • Feather — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Leonard Feather (1914–1994), britischer Jazzautor, musiker und produzent Lorraine Feather (* 1948), US amerikanische Jazzsängerin und Songwriterin Tiny Feather (1902–1975), US amerikanischer American… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Feather — Feath er, v. i. 1. To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; often with out; as, the birds are feathering out. [1913 Webster] 2. To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or feathers; as, the cream feathers …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • feather — [n] tuft of bird; plumage calamus, crest, down, fin, fluff, fringe, penna, pinion, pinna, plume, plumule, pompon, quill, shaft, spike, wing; concept 399 …   New thesaurus

  • Feather — For other uses, see Feather (disambiguation). Feather variations Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds and some theropod dinosaurs. They are considered the most complex… …   Wikipedia

  • feather — featherless, adj. featherlessness, n. featherlike, adj. /fedh euhr/, n. 1. one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner,… …   Universalium

  • feather — /ˈfɛðə / (say fedhuh) noun 1. one of the epidermal appendages which together constitute the plumage of birds, being typically made up of a hard, tubelike portion (the quill) attached to the body of the bird, which passes into a thinner, stemlike… …  

  • feather — {{11}}feather (n.) O.E. feðer feather, in plural, wings, from P.Gmc. *fethro (Cf. O.S. fethara, O.N. fioþr, Swed. fjäder, M.Du. vedere, Du. veder, O.H.G. fedara, Ger. Feder), from PIE *petra , zero degree *ptera wing …   Etymology dictionary

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