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Definition of feather-bed verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

feather-bed

verb
 
/ˌfeðə ˈbed/
 
/ˌfeðər ˈbed/
(British English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they feather-bed
 
/ˌfeðə ˈbed/
 
/ˌfeðər ˈbed/
he / she / it feather-beds
 
/ˌfeðə ˈbedz/
 
/ˌfeðər ˈbedz/
past simple feather-bedded
 
/ˌfeðə ˈbedɪd/
 
/ˌfeðər ˈbedɪd/
past participle feather-bedded
 
/ˌfeðə ˈbedɪd/
 
/ˌfeðər ˈbedɪd/
-ing form feather-bedding
 
/ˌfeðə ˈbedɪŋ/
 
/ˌfeðər ˈbedɪŋ/
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  1. feather-bed somebody/something to make things easy for somebody, especially by giving them money or good conditions of work
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