feathered

verb

Meaning

To cover or furnish with feathers.
To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller does not windmill during flight.
To finely shave or bevel an edge.
To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.
Covered with feathers.
Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion.
Having a finely bevelled edge.
Badly beaten.
(in combination) Having a specific type or number of feathers.
Swift, like the flight of a feathered creature.

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