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Definition: Feathering |
FeatheringNoun1. Turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "feathering" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | A ragged or feather edge which shows at the edge of type or cuts. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Pitch changing of blades. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | A variation, with azimuth angle, in the blade pitch angle about the feathering hinge. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: FeatheringSynonym: feather (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: feather-edging (chemical industry, transportation), plumage (biology & biotechnology). |
Crosswords: Feathering |
| English words defined with "feathering": Feathering float. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "feathering": semi-rigid rotor ♦ TARRING AND FEATHERING. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | At Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, in 1863. She is flying the Confederate First National Flag aft. Note her feathering paddle wheel. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Feathering" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Feathering" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 80% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Noun (singular) | 16% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "feathering": Feathering float ♦ Feathering screw ♦ Feathering wheel. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "feathering": auto-feathering, nest-feathering. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
feathering propeller | 5 |
feathering tire | 3 |
feathering tar | 3 |
feathering tarring | 3 |
feathering prop | 2 |
feathering | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "feathering"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pupël (down, eider down, feather, panache, plumage, plume, quill, shuttlecock, vane). (various references) | |
Arabic | ريش (quilt). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | перушина (coat, feather, plumage, plume), перо на стрела, пера (launder, wash). (various references) | |
Chinese | 羽毛覆盖. (various references) | |
Czech | opeření. (various references) | |
Danish | fjerdragt (plumage). (various references) | |
Dutch | gevederte (plumage). (various references) | |
French | plumage. (various references) | |
German | Gefieder (feathers, plumage). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tollazat (feather, plumage, plume). (various references) | |
Italian | piumaggio (plumage). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eatheringfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | plumagem (covert, feather, indumentum, plumage, plume). (various references) | |
Romanian | penaj (coat, feather, plumage, plume). (various references) | |
Russian | оперение (coverts, empennage, indumentum, plumage), похожее на оперение. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | perje (plumage). (various references) | |
Spanish | plumaje (plumage, plume). (various references) | |
Swedish | fjäderdräkt (feathers, indumentum, plumage). (various references) | |
Turkish | yelken vaziyeti, tüyler (cilia, hairs, plumage, plumery, pubescence), ok tüyü, kürk tüyleri. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự trang ho ng bằng lông, sự phe phẩy, sự nh"i bông sự nổi lềnh bềnh. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "feathering": featherings. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "feathering" (pronounced fe"thering or fe"thring) |
| 5 | -e" th er i ng | weathering. |
| 4 | -th er i ng | bothering, dithering, fathering, furthering, gathering, grandfathering, mothering, slithering, smothering, withering, Wuthering. |
| 3 | -er i ng | answering, administering, altering, anchoring, angering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, bantering, bartering, battering, belaboring, beleaguering, bettering, bewildering, bickering, blistering, blundering, blustering, bolstering, bordering, brokering, butchering, capturing, catering, censoring, centering, chartering, chattering, clamoring, clobbering, clustering, cluttering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, cornering, countering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, doctoring, doddering, embroidering, empowering, encountering, endangering, endeavoring, entering, factoring, faltering, favoring, featuring, festering, figuring, filibustering, filtering, fingering, flattering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, fluttering, fostering, foundering, fracturing, frittering, garnering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glittering, glowering, guttering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hectoring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, injuring, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, lettering, levering, lingering, littering, loitering, lowering, lumbering, majoring, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, mastering, maundering, meandering, measuring, mentoring, metering, minoring, mirroring, mitering, mongering, monitoring, motoring, murdering, murmuring, mustering, muttering, nattering, neighboring, neutering, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, perjuring, pestering, petering, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plastering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, puttering, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, reentering, registering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, savoring, scampering, scattering, scouring, sculpturing, sequestering, severing, shattering, sheltering, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, shuttering, simmering, slaughtering, slobbering, slumbering, smattering, smoldering, snickering, sobering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spattering, spiering, splintering, sponsoring, sputtering, squandering, staggering, structuring, stuttering, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, sweltering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, teetering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, tottering, towering, transpiring, triggering, tutoring, uncovering, unflattering, unwavering, ushering, uttering, venturing, wagering, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, watering, wavering, whimpering, whispering, wondering, zippering. |
| 3 | -r i ng | appearing, acquiring, adhering, admiring, adoring, airing, alluring, aspiring, assuring, baring, barring, bearing, bioengineering, blaring, boring, caring, chairing, charring, cheering, childbearing, clearing, comparing, conspiring, curing, daring, declaring, deploring, despairing, disappearing, domineering, during, earring, electioneering, endearing, enduring, engineering, ensuring, expiring, exploring, fearing, firing, flaring, flooring, gearing, glaring, Goring, haring, hearing, herring, hiring, ignoring, impairing, imploring, inspiring, insuring, interfering, jarring, jeering, luring, marring, maturing, ministering, mooring, nearing, obscuring, outpouring, overbearing, overhearing, overpowering, pairing, paring, peering, perspiring, pioneering, poring, pouring, premiering, preparing, procuring, profiteering, quiring, racketeering, rearing, reassuring, reengineering, rehearing, rehiring, repairing, restoring, retiring, roaring, scaring, scarring, scoring, searing, securing, sharing, shearing, shoring, smearing, snaring, sneering, snoring, soaring, sparing, sparring, Spearing, squaring, staring, starring, steering, stevedoring, storing, swearing, tarring, tearing, tiring, touring, uncaring, underscoring, uninspiring, unsparing, veering, volunteering, Waring, warring, wearing, wiring. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-g-h-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: fathering, reheating. | |
-2 letters: earthing, farthing, figeater, frighten, gratinee, hangfire, hearting, heritage, herniate, ingather, interage. | |
-3 letters: arenite, earthen, engraft, fainter, fearing, feather, feigner, fighter, freeing, freight, frigate, gahnite, granite, grantee, gratine, greaten, greenth, hafting, hairnet, hearing, hearten, heating, heftier, hefting, herniae, inearth, ingraft, ingrate, integer, negater, neither, rafting, reagent, reefing, refight, reginae, rehinge, retinae. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-g-h-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: featherings. | |
+3 letters: featheredging, foregathering. | |
+4 letters: farsightedness, featherbedding. | |
+5 letters: featherbeddings, weatherproofing. | |
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