| feat | (noun) a notable achievement | Synonyms: effort, exploit |
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| feather | (noun) turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls | Synonyms: feathering |
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| (noun) branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds | - |
| (verb) grow feathers | Synonyms: fledge |
| (verb) turn the oar, while rowing | Synonyms: square |
| (verb) turn the paddle; in canoeing | Synonyms: square |
| (verb) cover or fit with feathers | - |
| (verb) join tongue and groove, in carpentry | - |
| featherbed | (noun) a mattress stuffed with feathers | Synonyms: feather bed |
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| (verb) hire more workers than are necessary | - |
| (verb) treat with excessive indulgence | Synonyms: baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil |
| featherbedding | (noun) the practice (usually by a labor union) of requiring an employer to hire more workers than are required | - |
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| featherbrained | (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity | Synonyms: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly |
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| feathered | (adjective) having or covered with feathers | - |
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| (adjective) adorned with feathers or plumes | Synonyms: feathery, plumy |
| featheredge | (noun) a thin tapering edge | - |
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| featheredged | (adjective) having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade | Synonyms: deckle-edged, deckled |
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| featherfoil | (noun) a plant of the genus Hottonia | Synonyms: feather-foil |
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| featheriness | (noun) a light softness | Synonyms: downiness, fluffiness |
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| feathering | (noun) turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls | Synonyms: feather |
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| featherless | (adjective) having no feathers | Synonyms: unfeathered |
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| featherlike | (adjective) resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers | Synonyms: feathery |
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| feathertop | (noun) northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles | Synonyms: feathertop grass, Pennistum villosum |
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| (noun) a variety of reed grass | Synonyms: Calamagrostis acutiflora, feather reed grass |
| featherweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the bantamweight division and lighter than those in the lightweight division. | - |
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| (noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds | - |
| (noun) weighs 126-139 pounds | - |
| (noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds | - |
| feathery | (adjective) adorned with feathers or plumes | Synonyms: feathered, plumy |
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| (adjective) characterized by a covering of feathers | - |
| (adjective) resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers | Synonyms: featherlike |
| feature | (noun) an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles | - |
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| (noun) the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin | Synonyms: lineament |
| (noun) a prominent attribute or aspect of something | Synonyms: characteristic |
| (noun) (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind | Synonyms: feature of speech |
| (noun) the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater | Synonyms: feature film |
| (noun) a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: feature article |
| (verb) have as a feature | Synonyms: have |
| (verb) wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner | Synonyms: boast, sport |
| featured | (adjective) made a feature or highlight; given prominence | - |
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| (adjective) having facial features as specified; usually used in combination | - |
| featureless | (adjective) lacking distinguishing characteristics or features | - |
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| featurelessness | (noun) The state or condition of being without distinguishing features. | - |
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