feathery

«feathery» in Mova's school dictionary: covered with feathers — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (feathery, featherier, featheriest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Feathery means covered with feathers. tree →

2) Feathery means light, soft or delicate, like a feather: «feathery clouds», «feathery leaves». tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, birds have feathery bodies; some dinosaurs had feathery coats too. In art and creative writing, «feathery» is a describing word for soft snow, ferns or wispy clouds (cirrus clouds look feathery). Phrases: «feathery leaves», «feathery clouds», «feathery touch».

examples

• The baby chick was soft and feathery. tree →
• Feathery cirrus clouds floated high in the sky. tree →
• Carrots have feathery green leaves. tree →
• Some dinosaurs were feathery, scientists say. tree →
• The snow fell in feathery flakes. tree →
• The fern's feathery fronds swayed in the breeze. tree →
• Very cautiously the large leaves were removed, and there appeared the feathery seed-crown of the despised dandelion. tree →

note

Adjective from «feather». Comparative «more feathery» is more common than «featherier». A good word for adding detail in descriptive writing.

In the corpora

• Fairyflies have feathery wings of a stalk and long hairs and row through the air almost as if it were syrup.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «feathery» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.