feather

  1. Noun.  A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the wings of birds that allows their wings to create lift.
  2. Verb.  To cover with feathers.
  3. Verb.  To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
  4. Verb.  (ambitransitive, rowing) To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
  5. Verb.  (aeronautics) 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 doesn't windmill as the aircraft flies.
  6. Verb.  (carpentry, engineering) To finely shave or bevel an edge.
  7. Verb.  (context, computer graphics) To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.

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