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Meaning of "feather-like" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FEATHER-LIKE

feather-like  [ˈfeðəˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEATHER-LIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Feather-Like is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FEATHER-LIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of feather-like in the English dictionary

The definition of feather-like in the dictionary is similar to or resembling a feather.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FEATHER-LIKE


brotherlike
ˈbrʌðəˌlaɪk
daughter-like
ˈdɔːtəˌlaɪk
fatherlike
ˈfɑːðəˌlaɪk
fingerlike
ˈfɪŋɡəˌlaɪk
hairlike
ˈhɛəˌlaɪk
hammer-like
ˈhæməˌlaɪk
leatherlike
ˈlɛðəˌlaɪk
lookalike
ˈlʊkəˌlaɪk
mirror-like
ˈmɪrəˌlaɪk
pizza-like
ˈpiːtsəˌlaɪk
soundalike
ˈsaʊndəˌlaɪk
sugar-like
ˈʃʊɡəˌlaɪk
summer-like
ˈsʌməˌlaɪk
tiger-like
ˈtaɪɡəˌlaɪk
tumor-like
ˈtjuːməˌlaɪk
umbrella-like
ʌmˈbrɛləˌlaɪk
unbrotherlike
ʌnˈbrʌðəˌlaɪk
villa-like
ˈvɪləˌlaɪk
water-like
ˈwɔːtəˌlaɪk
winter-like
ˈwɪntəˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEATHER-LIKE

feather cut
feather duster
feather grass
feather in one´s cap
feather one´s nest
feather palm
feather star
feather-bed
feather-brained
feather-edged
feather-veined
featherbedding
featherbrain
feathered
featheredge
featherhead
featherheaded
featheriness
feathering
featherless

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEATHER-LIKE

bird-like
cell-like
cloth-like
dislike
garden-like
guitar-like
human-like
jelly-like
jewel-like
like-for-like
metal-like
oil-like
ribbon-like
scale-like
shell-like
soul-like
stone-like
tail-like
village-like
virus-like
woman-like

Synonyms and antonyms of feather-like in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «feather-like» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEATHER-LIKE

Find out the translation of feather-like to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of feather-like from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «feather-like» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鹅毛般的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pluma-como
570 millions of speakers

English

feather-like
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पंख की तरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مثل ريشة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перистые
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pena -like
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পালকের মত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plume - comme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seperti bulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Feder-wie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

羽のような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

깃털처럼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wulu kaya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lông giống như
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறகு போன்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पंखाप्रमाणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tüy benzeri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piuma-come
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jak piórko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перисті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- pene ca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φτερό - όπως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veer -agtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fjäder -liknande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fjær -lignende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feather-like

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEATHER-LIKE»

The term «feather-like» is regularly used and occupies the 105.411 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEATHER-LIKE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about feather-like

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEATHER-LIKE»

Discover the use of feather-like in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feather-like and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Entomology
Feather-like; pertaining to Setae that are multiply branched or divided. Feathered as a plume. 2. Pertaining to Antennae with long ciliated processes on each side of each segment. Alt. Plumosus. See Cirrate. Cf. Aristate; Cirrose; Pennate. Rel.
‎2011
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SPE/ANTEC 1996 Proceedings (Print version/ 3 volumes)
Each spherulite is composed of a unique morphological feature named feather- like structure. This feature, which has never been reported for any polymer, is unique to the y-form. The SEM (Fig. 6) and the AFM both show the feather-like ...
Spe, 1996
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Functional Surfaces in Biology: Little Structures with Big ...
This result suggests that the latter keratins might be derived from a primordial feather-like keratin containing the epitope (recognized by the feather-keratin antibody) by the insertion of the 52 amino acid sequence and of the claw and beak ...
Stanislav Gorb, 2009
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Antarctic Valviferans (Crustacea, Isopoda, Valvifera): New ...
First peduncular article broadest, with 4 proximal feather-like bristles and another feather-like bristle distally of peduncular article 1 . Peduncular article 2 with 4 feather-like bristles, third article with 2 simple bristles. First flagellar article forming ...
Angelika Brandt, 1990
5
Dream Plants For The Natural Garden
Flower stems bear narrow, divided, feather-like leaves. The flowers cluster together in a flat head. They are very attractive to butterflies and other insects. You can sometimes find the rare bee-eating beetle on scabious flowers. Although the ...
Henk Gerritsen, Piet Oudolf, 2000
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Noxious Weeds of Australia
Pennisetum is from the Latin penna, meaning a 'feather', and seta, a bristle, and refers to the feather-like bristles on the flowers of some species; macrourum is from the Greek makms, meaning 'large' or 'long', and ura, a tail, describing the long ...
William Thomas Parsons, Eric George Cuthbertson, 2001
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Etymological Dictionary of Grasses
Palea oflower floret winged at maturity Pterium Gk pteran, wing or feather-like; - ium, resembling. Three sterile florets invest the fertile floret, as the wings of a bird cover its body Pterochlaena Gk pteran, wing or featherlike; chlaena, cloak.
Harold T. Clifford, Peter D. Bostock, 2007
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Studies on Freshwater Copepoda: a Volume in Honour of ...
Enp-2 1.5 times as long as wide, with one short spine subapically on outer margin; one outer terminal seta longer than terminal segment, unilaterally feather -like; one inner terminal seta half the length of outer one, with several strong spinules ...
Danielle Defaye, Eduardo Suarez-Morales, J.C. von Vaupel Klein, 2011
9
The Littoral Fauna of the British Isles: A Handbook for ...
... globular as in sea urchins, or soft and sausage-shaped with reduced plating, as in the sea cucumbers. In the feather stars the arms are feather-like, owing to repeated branching to form pinnules. The length of the arm of a starfish relatively to ...
Nellie Barbara Eales, 1967
10
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, ...
Portion of the commencing vitrification of the skeleton in a young Aphrocallistes Bocagei, not more than two twelfths of an inch in diameter, showing the enclosure of the sexradiate with spined feather-like arm among the other spicules ; also the ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEATHER-LIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term feather-like is used in the context of the following news items.
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Concert Review: Leon Fleisher, Katherine Jacobson terrific at …
I put my notebook down and just let the notes wash over me, marveling at Fleisher's feather-like touch. Listening and watching, I nearly cried ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
2
Fendi's First Couture Show Was As Furry As Promised — Check Out …
Nearly every look that hit the runway had some form fur in it, whether it was a long fur scarf paired with a white gown, or a white, feather-like cape that barely ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
3
How to walk on water
Some gerrids also have long, feather-like hairs on the tip of their middle legs. Working like paddles, these hairy legs propel the insects against ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
4
Op-Ed: Fact and fiction in Jurassic World
... of modern birds (their descendants), while in others the feathers appear to be prototypes of feathers or some sort of feather-like structures. «Daily Maverick, Jul 15»
5
Jurassic World vs Science. Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers?
This analysis demonstrated that the majority of non-avian dinosaurs were more likely to have scales than to exhibit signs of 'feather-like' ... «Yareah Magazine, Jul 15»
6
David Attenborough and producer dive deep into potential of VR
You are encouraged before it starts to look around as the story of a vanished world unfolds, from a basic feather-like creature called a charnia, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Prowess on display
... a mridangam vidwan who is much sought after for his delicate feather-like touch on his instrument. Sadgurucharan, a mechanical engineer ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
8
People Are Using YouTube Hypnosis Videos to Help Reach Orgasm
Look into their eyes, taste their scent, feel the feather-like brush of their skin against yours." So commands the soft-spoken female narrator of a ... «Mic, Jul 15»
9
Prehistoric 'monster' worm found in Yunnan
Like many of its kin, the creature fed itself by filtering nutrients out of seawater with its feather-like front appendages. The fine bristles were ... «GoKunming, Jul 15»
10
Reuters Science News Summary
More than half a billion years ago, a peculiar little creature with rows of spikes on its back and delicate, feather-like front limbs to strain bits of ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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