The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.
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Feathered
Synonyms for "feathered" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
21 translations across 12 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- empenat adj (covered with feathers)
- emplomallat adj (covered with feathers)
Dutch
1 entries- bevederd adj (covered with feathers)
French
2 entries- emplumé adj (covered with feathers)
- à plumes adj (covered with feathers)
German
3 entries- gefedert adj (covered with feathers)
- gefiedert adj (covered with feathers)
- mit Federn besetzt adj (covered with feathers)
Irish
1 entries- eiteach adj (covered with feathers)
Italian
1 entries- pennuto adj (covered with feathers)
Latin
2 entries- penniger adj (covered with feathers)
- pennātus adj (covered with feathers)
Polish
3 entries- opierzony adj (covered with feathers)
- pierzasty adj (covered with feathers)
- upierzony adj (covered with feathers)
Portuguese
2 entries- empenado adj (covered with feathers)
- emplumado adj (covered with feathers)
Russian
1 entries- перна́тый adj (covered with feathers)
Spanish
1 entries- emplumado adj (covered with feathers)
Volapük
2 entries- penik adj (covered with feathers)
- plümilabik adj (covered with feathers)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
Source: tatoeba (920883)
Tom was tarred and feathered by the crowd.
Source: tatoeba (2944412)
Part of their amusement also was to set snares for birds in favourable spots, and they often caught wild ducks, wild geese, bustards, and such other feathered game as frequents the lowlands.
Source: tatoeba (6212689)
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