feather

1. A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.

   Feder, Vogelfeder

   перо́peró

   перо́peró

   branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds

2. Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.

3. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.

   перо́peró

4. A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways or rotationally but permit motion lengthwise.

   Near-synonym: spline

5. Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").

6. One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the stone to split.

7. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.

8. Anything petty or trifling; a whit or jot.

9. (in the plural)Partridges and pheasants, as opposed to rabbits and hares (called fur).

10. A junction indicator attached to a colour-light signal at an angle, which lights up, typically with four white lights in a row, when a diverging route is set up.

11. A faint edge.

1. Birds of a feather flock together.

   Два чоботи пара. — deniko

   ruРыбак рыбака видит издалека. — Biga

   deGleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern. — MUIRIEL

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2. Tom picked up a feather and examined it.

   Том підняв перо та оглянув його. — deniko

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3. Do all birds have feathers?

   Чи всі птахи мають пір'я? — deniko

   ruУ всех птиц есть перья? — marafon

   deHaben alle Vögel Federn? — raggione

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4. Tom suffocated Mary with a feather pillow.

   ruТом задушил Мэри перьевой подушкой. — odexed

   deTom erstickte Mary mit einem Daunenkissen. — Tamy

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5. This is as light as a feather.

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