verb

1. To cover or furnish with feathers.

2. To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.

   “The stylist feathered my hair.”

3. To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.

adjective

1. Covered with feathers.

2. Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion.

3. Having a finely bevelled edge.

Synonyms: befeathered