feather
verb/ˈfeðə(r)/
/ˈfeðər/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they feather | /ˈfeðə(r)/ /ˈfeðər/ |
| he / she / it feathers | /ˈfeðəz/ /ˈfeðərz/ |
| past simple feathered | /ˈfeðəd/ /ˈfeðərd/ |
| past participle feathered | /ˈfeðəd/ /ˈfeðərd/ |
| -ing form feathering | /ˈfeðərɪŋ/ /ˈfeðərɪŋ/ |
Idioms
See feather in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryfeather your (own) nest
- to make yourself richer, especially at somebody else's expense, by spending money on yourself that should be spent on somebody/something else
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tar and feather somebody
- to put tar on somebody then cover them with feathers, as a punishment
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