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# feather

«feather» in Mova's school dictionary: **one of the light, soft parts that cover a bird's body** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (feather, feathers); verb (feather a nest — to make it soft)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A feather is one of the light, soft parts that cover a bird's body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#m1)

2) Feathers keep birds warm and dry and help them fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#m2)

3) «Light as a feather» means very light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#m3)

4) People who are alike like to spend time together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

maths: things counted or collected; feathers per hat or pillow (total = items × feathers each); science: only birds have feathers, feathers for flying and warmth, birds moult; art: feather pens long ago (quills); phrases: «birds of a feather flock together»

### examples

- She found 14 feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#x1)
- Each hat has 3 feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#x2)
- A pillow has 200 feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#x3)
- How many feathers in 5 hats? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#x4)
- The peacock has bright blue and green feathers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#x5)
- Long ago people wrote with feather pens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#x6)
- The box was as light as a feather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#x7)
- Feathers help birds stay warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#x8)
- Birds of a feather flock together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/#x9)

### note

Thing counted. Trap: none. Only birds have feathers. Spelling: f-e-a-t-h-e-r.

### In the corpora

- [Owl wing feathers have comb-like front edges, soft fringes and a velvety surface that muffle the sound of flying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/8/)
- [Penguins also keep warm with a thick layer of fat and tightly packed waterproof feathers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/99-the-penguin-pool/11/)
- [Male sandgrouse soak their belly feathers at a waterhole and fly many kilometres back to their chicks, which drink from the wet feathers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/182-deserts-of-the-world-fennec-foxes-fog-drinking-beetles-camels-and-silver-ants/16/)
- [Birds and many dinosaurs share hollow bones, wishbones, three-toed feet and feathers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/269-feathered-dinosaurs-archaeopteryx-to-chicken/6/)
- [A jay's feather is blue because of shape: crush it and the blue is gone, leaving grey-brown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/367-animal-colours-pink-flamingos-rare-blue-animals-white-albinos-and-black-panthers/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «feather» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feather/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.