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feather

noun

1 noun ORNITH , ANAT plumecleite masc4 c m u

verb

2 verb cover sth/sb in feathers TRANSITIVEclúdaigh le cleití

Taispeáin iontráil iomlán

3 verb attach feather to (arrow) TRANSITIVEcleití a ghreamú do 4 verb move lightly

INTRANSITIVEit sent shivers of fear feathering down her spine chuir sé drithlíní faitís lena droim

TRANSITIVEthe rain feathered its way out of the sky thit an bháisteach as an spéir chomh héadrom le cleite

5 verb spread in featherlike pattern INTRANSITIVEspréigh ar nós cleiteleath ar nós cleite 6 verb touch gently TRANSITIVEa breeze feathered my skin chuimil leoithne mo chraiceann 7 verb turn (oar blade)

TRANSITIVEslis verb c m uto feather your oar do mhaide rámha a shliseadh, an ghaoth a bhaint de do mhaide rámha

INTRANSITIVEslis verb c m u

8 verb rotate (propeller) TRANSITIVEslis verb c m u 9 verb fray

TRANSITIVEtanaigh verb c m u

the ends became feathered d'éirigh na himill caitewill I feather your fringe? an dtanóidh mé do ghlib?

INTRANSITIVEéirigh caite

10 verb DIY taper TRANSITIVEmínchaolaigh verbbarrchaolaigh verb c m u

phrases

a feather in your cap

cleite i do sciatháncleite i do chaipín

to feather your nest

do phócaí féin a líonadh

feathers fly

when she came in, feathers flew nuair a tháinig sí isteach, bhí raic uafásach ann; nuair a tháinig sí isteach, bhí ina chogadh dearg

you could have knocked me down with a feather

(also

you could have knocked me over with a feather

) leagfá mé le tráithnínleagfadh cleite circe méthiocfadh leat mé a leagan le sifín cocháin

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