feather
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
Types & categories
- body covering hypernym
- animal material hypernym
- down hyponym
- aftershaft hyponym
- contour feather hyponym
- bastard wing hyponym
- marabou hyponym
- hackle hyponym
- flight feather hyponym
- scapular hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
Types & categories
- conjoin hypernym
Sense 3 noun
turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
Types & categories
- rotation hypernym
Parts & wholes
- rowing part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
cover or fit with feathers
Types & categories
- cover hypernym
Related & opposite
- feather derivation
Sense 5 verb
turn the paddle; in canoeing
Types & categories
- paddle hypernym
Related & opposite
- feathering derivation
Sense 6 verb
turn the oar, while rowing
Types & categories
- row hypernym
Related & opposite
- feathering derivation
Sense 7 verb
grow feathers
The young sparrows are fledging already
Types & categories
- acquire hypernym
Related & opposite
- feather derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fledge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | feather |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | preen |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plume |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | feathered |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | feathery |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | feathery |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | bird |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | web |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | quill |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | keratin |
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | melanin |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | body covering |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | animal material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | down |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aftershaft |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contour feather |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bastard wing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | marabou |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hackle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flight feather |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scapular |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | conjoin |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | feather |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | feather |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | rowing |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rotation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | feather |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | feathering |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | paddle |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | feathering |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | row |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | feather |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | acquire |