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1 feather
['feðə] 1. noun(one of the things that grow from a bird's skin that form the covering of its body: They cleaned the oil off the seagull's feathers.) pena2. verb(to line, cover or decorate with feathers: The eagle feathers its nest with down from its own breast.) acolchoar/forrar- feathery
- a feather in one's cap
- feather one's own nest
- feather one's nest* * *feath.er[f'eðə] n 1 pena, pluma. 2 feathers a) plumagem. b) roupagem. 3 penacho. 4 rodopelo, tufo de pêlos, tapete, gaias. 5 qualquer coisa como uma pena. 6 caça de pena. 7 casta, laia, espécie, natureza. 8 disposição, estado de espírito. 9 Sport ato de transviar o remo. • vt+vi 1 empenar, emplumar(-se), cobrir(-se) de penas, forrar ou revestir de penas, pôr penas em, enfeitar, ornar de penas ou plumas. 2 transviar (os remos), virar o remo em posição horizontal. they feathered the oars / viraram os remos horizontalmente. 3 desdobrar-se em forma de pena. 4 Aeron embandeirar, variar o passo da hélice. birds of a feather gente da mesma laia. birds of a feather flock together cada ovelha com a sua parelha, cada qual com o seu igual. in high (ou full) feather bem-disposto, radioso. light as a feather leve como uma pena. that is a feather in your cap disso pode orgulhar-se. to cut a feather Naut encrespar a água, formar pequenas ondas. to feather one’s nest encher os bolsos, estar preocupado somente com o seu bem-estar e o seu próprio ganho. to make the feathers fly provocar briga, armar confusão. to show the white feather revelar covardia. with a feather com grande facilidade. -
2 feather
['feðə] 1. noun(one of the things that grow from a bird's skin that form the covering of its body: They cleaned the oil off the seagull's feathers.) pena2. verb(to line, cover or decorate with feathers: The eagle feathers its nest with down from its own breast.) emplumar- feathery - a feather in one's cap - feather one's own nest - feather one's nest -
3 feather
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4 Feather-fern
Feath.er-fern[f'eðə fə:n] n Bot planta ornamental da família das Saxifragáceas ( Astilbe japonica), espécie de samambaia japonesa. -
5 Feather-grass
Feath.er-grass[f'eðə gra:s] n Bot Estipa, gênero de gramíneas ( Stipa pennata). -
6 feather boa
feath.er bo.a[feðə b'ouə] n boá de penas. -
7 feather light
feath.er light[f'eðə lait] adj peso-pluma, muito leve, leve como uma pena. -
8 feather-bed
feath.er-bed[feðə b'ed] n 1 colchão de penas. 2 acolchoado de penas. -
9 feather-bedding
feath.er-bed.ding[f'eðə bediŋ] n Amer sistema por parte do sindicato operário de forçar o empregador a contratar mais operários do que necessário para um determinado serviço. -
10 feather-duster
feath.er-dust.er[feðə d'∧stə] n espanador. -
11 feather-stitch
feath.er-stitch[f'eðə stitʃ] n ponto de costura que forma linhas ramificadas em ziguezague. -
12 feather-veined
feath.er-veined[feðə v'eind] adj Bot peninervado, peninérveo. -
13 feather-weight
feath.er-weight[f'eðə weit] n 1 pessoa ou coisa muito leve. 2 Boxe peso-pena. 3 jóquei muito leve, com o peso mínimo permitido em corrida de handicap. -
14 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.) -
15 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.) -
16 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.)English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > feather one's (own) nest
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17 feather one's (own) nest
(to gain money for oneself or to make oneself rich while serving others in a position of trust: All the time he has been a member of that committee he has been feathering his own nest.)English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > feather one's (own) nest
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18 birds of a feather flock together
birds of a feather flock togethercada ovelha com a sua parelha, cada qual com o seu igual.————————birds of a feather flock togethercada qual com o seu igual.————————birds of a feather flock togethercada qual com seu igual.English-Portuguese dictionary > birds of a feather flock together
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19 to show the white feather
to show the white featheragir covardemente.————————to show the white featherfugir.————————to show the white featherrevelar covardia. -
20 birds of a feather
birds of a featherfig farinha do mesmo saco.————————birds of a feathergente da mesma laia.
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Feather — Feath er (f[e^][th] [ e]r), n. [OE. fether, AS. fe[eth]er; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj[ o][eth]r, Sw. fj[ a]der, Dan. fj[ae]der, Gr. ptero n wing, feather, pe tesqai to fly, Skr. pattra wing, feather, pat to fly, and prob.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
feather — [feth′ər] n. [ME fether < OE; akin to Ger feder < IE base * pet , to fall, fly > Gr pteron, wing, piptein, L petere, to fall, Sans pátati, (he) flies] 1. Zool. any of the growths covering the body of a bird or making up a large part of… … English World dictionary
Feather — Feath er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feathering.}] 1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap. [1913 Webster] An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing. L Estrange.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Feather — Feath er, v. i. 1. To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; often with out; as, the birds are feathering out. [1913 Webster] 2. To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or feathers; as, the cream feathers … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
feather — [n] tuft of bird; plumage calamus, crest, down, fin, fluff, fringe, penna, pinion, pinna, plume, plumule, pompon, quill, shaft, spike, wing; concept 399 … New thesaurus
Feather — For other uses, see Feather (disambiguation). Feather variations Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds and some theropod dinosaurs. They are considered the most complex… … Wikipedia
feather — featherless, adj. featherlessness, n. featherlike, adj. /fedh euhr/, n. 1. one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner,… … Universalium
feather — /ˈfɛðə / (say fedhuh) noun 1. one of the epidermal appendages which together constitute the plumage of birds, being typically made up of a hard, tubelike portion (the quill) attached to the body of the bird, which passes into a thinner, stemlike… …
feather — {{11}}feather (n.) O.E. feðer feather, in plural, wings, from P.Gmc. *fethro (Cf. O.S. fethara, O.N. fioþr, Swed. fjäder, M.Du. vedere, Du. veder, O.H.G. fedara, Ger. Feder), from PIE *petra , zero degree *ptera wing … Etymology dictionary