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1 feather
n. fjäder; humör; typ, sort, art, karaktär--------v. befjädra, förse med fjädrar; stoppa med fjädrar; sväva, vaja likt fjädrar* * *['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.) fjäder2. verb(to line, cover or decorate with feathers: The eagle feathers its nest with down from its own breast.) befjädra, klä (pryda) med fjädrar- feathery
- a feather in one's cap
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2 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.) -
3 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.) -
4 feather bed
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5 feather in one's cap
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6 feather-like
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7 feather-weight
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8 a feather in one's cap
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9 as light as a feather
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10 birds of a feather flock together
lika barn leka bästEnglish-Swedish dictionary > birds of a feather flock together
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11 birds of a feather stick together
lika barn leka bäst, kaka söker makaEnglish-Swedish dictionary > birds of a feather stick together
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12 in full feather
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13 light as a feather
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14 show the white feather
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15 tar and feather
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16 nest
n. rede; bo; näste; krypin--------v. bygga bo; stapla* * *[nest] 1. noun(a structure or place in which birds (and some animals and insects) hatch or give birth to and look after their young: The swallows are building a nest under the roof of our house; a wasp's nest.) rede, bo2. verb(to build a nest and live in it: A pair of robins are nesting in that bush.) bygga bo- nestling- nest-egg
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17 quill
n. lång fjäder; gåspenna; tagg, pigg; sporre* * *[kwil]1) (a large feather, especially the feather of a goose, made into a pen.) gåspenna2) (one of the sharp spines of certain animals (eg the porcupine).) pigg, tagg -
18 feathery
adj. fjäderklädd; lätt som en fjäder, mjuk, luftig* * *1) (of, like, or covered in, a feather or feathers: a feathery hat.) fjäderbeklädd, fjäderlik2) (soft and light: a feathery touch.) fjäderlätt -
19 fern
n. ormbunke (sorts växt)* * *[fə:n](a kind of plant with no flowers and delicate feather-like leaves.) ormbunke -
20 plume
n. plym, fjäder--------v. pryda med fjädrar; putsa sig (fågel); yvas med sina fjädrar (fågel)* * *[plu:m](a large decorative feather: She wore a plume in her hat.) plym
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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
feather — ► NOUN ▪ any of the flat appendages growing from a bird s skin, consisting of a partly hollow horny shaft fringed with vanes of barbs. ► VERB 1) rotate the blades of (a propeller) to lessen the air or water resistance. 2) (feathered) covered or… … English terms dictionary
Feather — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Leonard Feather (1914–1994), britischer Jazzautor, musiker und produzent Lorraine Feather (* 1948), US amerikanische Jazzsängerin und Songwriterin Tiny Feather (1902–1975), US amerikanischer American… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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