FEATHERED Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

feathered

verb

Definition of feathered

past tense of feather

as in pulled

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Yazmeen Ryan's second-half goal pulled the Summit (6-7-6) into a draw in San Diego.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Sometimes he can get pulled a little bit too far towards his near post with wide shots and open up space towards the back post.

— Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of pulled

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And Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wears dresses and blouses embroidered by Indigenous artisans to honor their textile traditions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Likely embroidered in Canterbury, it is considered a significant icon of British identity and left England sometime before the late fifteenth century.

— News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of embroidered

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Her glossy hair, braided into two plaits, hung down over her shoulders in a style unusual for young girls these days.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Rebecca wore her simple weekday covering over her hair, which had been pulled back in a ponytail, then braided and pinned up on the back of her head.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of braided

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In the bathroom, there are shuttered windows wreathed with Como silk and a luscious roll-top bath.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
On a hill wreathed in mist above the dark sea that runs between New Zealand’s North and South Islands, Ward and others crossed rugged farmland late on Tuesday night, carrying seven crates in silence by dim red torchlight.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026

Definition of wreathed

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Joseph has raised just $103,000, with $19,000 picked up in the first weeks of August as media reports have painted the former Republican Jolly as the Democratic establishment candidate against a progressive Joseph.

— CBS News, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Thieves have dealt a Sicilian museum a harrowing loss, stealing three of the five surviving devotional panels painted by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of painted

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The chef hanged himself shortly after reading a tabloid story about her being seen with another man.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Whatever cloud of innocence has hung over Jo’s life until this point is shattered, both parents struggling how to navigate the horrible experience from an emotional as well as a purely bureaucratic perspective.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026

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