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Meaning of "pinfeather" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PINFEATHER

pinfeather  [ˈpɪnˌfɛðə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PINFEATHER

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pinfeather is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PINFEATHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pinfeather

Pin feather

A pin feather, sometimes called a "blood feather", is a developing feather on a bird. This feather can grow as a new feather during the bird's infancy, or grow to replace one from moulting. The pin feather looks somewhat like a feather shaft. However, unlike a fully developed feather, the pin feather has a blood supply flowing through it. As such, if the pin feather is damaged, a bird can bleed heavily. As the pin feather grows longer, the blood supply is concentrated in only the base of the shaft, and the tip of the shaft encases the feather itself, in a waxy coating. As moulting birds preen, they remove the waxy coating, and the feather unfurls. When the blood has receded, the term "blood feather" is no longer synonymous with "pin feather" – it can only be referred to as a pin feather.

Definition of pinfeather in the English dictionary

The definition of pinfeather in the dictionary is a feather emerging from the skin and still enclosed in its horny sheath.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PINFEATHER


altogether
ˌɔːltəˈɡɛðə
bellwether
ˈbɛlˌwɛðə
blether
ˈblɛðə
Fairweather
ˈfɛəˌwɛðə
feather
ˈfɛðə
heather
ˈhɛðə
leather
ˈlɛðə
nether
ˈnɛðə
overleather
ˌəʊvəˈlɛðə
overweather
ˌəʊvəˈwɛðə
pleather
ˈplɛðə
tether
ˈtɛðə
together
təˈɡɛðə
untether
ʌnˈtɛðə
weather
ˈwɛðə
wether
ˈwɛðə
whether
ˈwɛðə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PINFEATHER

pineries
Pinero
pinery
Pines
pinesap
pineta
pinetum
pinewood
piney
pinfall
pinfish
pinfold
ping
ping pong
Ping-Pong
pinger
pinging
pingle
pingler
pingo

WORDS THAT END LIKE PINFEATHER

all-weather
birds of a feather
breather
father
gather
godfather
grandfather
great-grandfather
Heavenly Father
Holy Father
lather
other
Our Father
patent leather
peacock feather
rather
September weather
stepfather
sunbather
tail feather
white leather

Synonyms and antonyms of pinfeather in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pinfeather» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PINFEATHER

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The translations of pinfeather from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pinfeather» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

pinfeather
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pinfeather
570 millions of speakers

English

pinfeather
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pinfeather
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pinfeather
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pinfeather
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pinfeather
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pinfeather
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pinfeather
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pinfeather
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Federkiel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pinfeather
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pinfeather
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pinfeather
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pinfeather
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pinfeather
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिनफेडर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pinfeather
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pinfeather
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pinfeather
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pinfeather
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pinfeather
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pinfeather
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pinfeather
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pinfeather
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pinfeather
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pinfeather

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PINFEATHER»

The term «pinfeather» is used very little and occupies the 164.266 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PINFEATHER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pinfeather» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pinfeather» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pinfeather

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PINFEATHER»

Discover the use of pinfeather in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pinfeather and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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WOLFVILLE SERIES:
Toad Allen's Elopement "Four days after that pinfeather person," remarkedtheOld Cattleman, while refilling his pipe, "four days after that pinfeather person gains Old Man Enright's consent to make use of Wolfville as a pivotal p'int in a ...
ALFRED HENRY LEWIS, 2013
2
Wolfville Nights
"Four days after that pinfeather person," remarked the Old Cattleman, while refilling his pipe, "four days after that pinfeather person gains Old Man Enright's consent to make use of Wolfville as a pivotal p'int in a elopement, him an' his loved ...
Alfred Henry Lewis, 2012
3
Caring Connections
1 n N n 1 Blue and white pinfeather long or short sleeved jacket with white shirt ( blue pin dot tie, optional). Blue and white pinfeather cobble apron with tennis shoes and socks of hosiery. 4. Cobbler apron, blue and white pinfeather or white  ...
‎1991
4
Chick and the Homestead Chickens of Grymme Creek Hollow
The cabin was crowded. Nearly every available space was taken. The shutters on the cabin were opened and chickens were perched in the. somehow sense she was coming hid their Quick Straw twigs. 355 The Pinfeather Trial.
David Boyette, 2013
5
Tree Planters' Notes
Effect of rootstock growth stage on succulent grafting success Rootstock Crafts Craft Stage Made Success Percent Candle . . . . . . 25 4 Pinfeather . . . 662 80 Hardening . . . 494 67 pinfeather stage, where 80 percent of the grafts formed unions.
‎1972
6
The American Crow and the Common Raven
The nestling was at a maximum pinfeather stage and begged readily. He stretched both wings down in lieu of leg-wing stretches and spent much time preening and removing fine debris from his loosening feather sheaths in his "nest ," a ...
Lawrence Kilham, 1990
7
Poultry Science
Ducklings and chickens are then scalded, picked, eviscerated, and chilled; ducklings are also dipped in wax to facilitate pinfeather removal after mechanical picking. The Pectoralis muscles of ducklings and broiler chickens are approximately ...
‎1993
8
The La Follettes of Wisconsin: Love and Politics in ...
... surprisingly philosophical after the storm had subsided. “Well,” ended his letter to Roe about “pinfeather” leaders, “these be great times and are evoluting after their own fashion in large measure 143 Transition Time: The Family Completed.
Bernard A. Weisberger, 2013
9
Eat Like a Wild Man: 110 Years of Great Sports Afield Recipes
D it c k Late-season ducks, which are completely out of the pinfeather stage, look beautiful and are excellent when prepared with the skins intact. But there are times when the appearance and flavor of wild ducks arc definitely enhanced by the ...
Rebecca Gray, 1997
10
Learning About Birds, Grades 4 - 8
Debbie Routh. Name: Date: Parts of a Feather: Student Lab Challenge (cont. ) Observations: Draw and label each of your feathers below. A. Contour feather B. Down feather C. Filoplume (Pinfeather) Conclusions: 1. How is the structure of a  ...
Debbie Routh, 2002

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PINFEATHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pinfeather is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Day 146: It's a Bird, It's a Plane…
The species came within a pinfeather of extinction in 1987, when the population dropped to just 22 individuals, all of which were taken into ... «Audubon Magazine Blog, May 15»
2
WWII-era Thanksgiving recipes
If you do find a stray pinfeather in your bird, the Louisville Times advised using "tweezers or catching them between thumb and paring knife. «The Courier-Journal, Nov 14»
3
Best of Athens 2014 - Dining
They won first place by the merest pinfeather last year. And third place goes to Leghorn's, a restaurant whose commercial imagery also ... «Athens NEWS, Jan 14»
4
Conservation Biologist Explains Why 'Feathers' Matter
If you injure the pinfeather, the growing feather of a bird, that's quite a significant injury, it will bleed a lot. It's only after that growth is completed ... «WBUR, Sep 12»
5
Castilleja graduates 52
"However, I will have stronger recollection of sprinting to classes for exercise, of adjusting navy collars and pinfeather skirts, of that moment ... «Palo Alto Online, Jun 12»
6
Longmont woman's 200-year-old quilt collection puts 'face and place …
Occasionally, a small duck pinfeather wrestles free and pokes through the quilt top. Longmont resident Jeananne Wright bought the quilt at a ... «Longmont Daily Times-Call, Feb 12»
7
Lighten Up: Rediscovering The Summer Suit
... with a subhead that promised Mr. Ignatius was championing “a revival of cream-colored linen and balmy pinfeather.” It begins well enough, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 09»
8
Talking Turkey
While pinfeather pigment did not affect taste, American shoppers in the 1950s and 1960s, i.e., women, were sensitive to marketing campaigns ... «Metro Santa Cruz, Nov 04»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pinfeather [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pinfeather>. May 2024 ».
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