Feather



noun
1.
(one of the structures that grow from a bird's skin and cover its body, (pl) plumage, attire. -feather weight a boxer between bantamweight and light weighing up to 126 pounds, a person of little or no influence a very light person or thing) រោមបក្សី, ស្លាប, សំណុំរោមលំអ, ស្លាបកែវ (ស្លាបវែងនៃដងស្លាបឬកន្ទុយបក្សី)
verb — past tense: feathered ; past participle: feathered ; present participle: feathering ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (to provide or adorn as with feathers) feather an arrow ដាក់ស្លាប
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) ដុះស្លាប
  • feather bed
    - កំរាលគ្រែធ្វើពីរោមសត្វ
    - ពួកច្រករោមសត្វ
  • feather bedding
    - ការគាំពាទំនិញក្នុងស្រុក
  • feather one's nest
    - ប្រុងប្រៀបទៅអនាគត
  • show the white feather
    - ប្រព្រឹត្តដោយកំសាក
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.
2.
Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a feather," that is, of the same species.
3.
The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.
4.
A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.
5.
One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
6.
A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.
7.
A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone.
8.
The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
verb — past tense: feathered ; past participle: feathered ; present participle: feathering ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
5.
(TRANSITIVE) To tread, as a cock.
6.
(INTRANSITIVE) To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with out; as, the birds are feathering out.
7.
(INTRANSITIVE) To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or "feathers;" as, the cream feathers
8.
(INTRANSITIVE) To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars.
9.
(INTRANSITIVE) To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form.