feathered

verb

Definition of featherednext
past tense of feather
1
as in pulled

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as in fringed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feathered
  1. pulled
  2. fringed
  3. embroidered
  4. braided
  5. wreathed
  6. painted
  7. hung
  8. swagged
Verb
  • Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the regional defense council, said 12 bodies pulled from the rubble had been identified so far.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Someone got out of the front passenger seat of the car, walked around the back of the vehicle, pulled a gun out of the pocket of his hoodie, and fired four shots into the front driver's side window.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of pulled
Verb
  • In addition to the pool at the spa, the hotel has a main pool area fringed with palm trees, with sunken loungers in the shallows and Nile views at every turn.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • In flight, hunting mode takes over, and piercing yellow eyes, fringed with blue circles, scour the sea for prey.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of fringed
Verb
  • There’s also a hooded jacket, shirts, T-shirts, a cap, shorts and a skateboard in house check, alongside a polo embroidered with a Poland Street graphic.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Among the most memorable ensembles were a black gown with a skeletal rib cage embroidered across the torso and a floral cape paired with a cathedral-like headdress, injecting funerary imagery into Michele’s signature maximalism.
    — Livia Caligor, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of embroidered
Verb
  • After the hair is parted into sections, each section is twisted or braided.
    — Eden Stuart, Allure, 26 Oct. 2026
  • His creator, an unnamed basket-weaver (Peter Dinklage), braided him as a mate for a lonely virgin, a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who stomps around her rustic village smelling like sushi and tossing her head back in an Eliza Doolittle guffaw.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of braided
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The city’s greatest sight is perhaps the Hospicio Cabañas, an early-19th-century orphanage with a chapel where José Clemente Orozco painted 57 frescoes in the late 1930s.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Abdi worries that Miller’s latest promotion will further anti-immigrant policies, which have long painted Iranians and other immigrant communities as threats.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of painted
Verb
  • In Florida, Republicans hung onto control in what has been a GOP bastion for much of the past two decades.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Leo has been hung outside his house, with Clive and a group of men looking on.
    — Reshma Gopaldas, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of hung
Verb
  • The two areas are linked in delightfully indulgent ways, including a darkly glamorous corridor swagged with flower chandeliers and a giant eye behind the bar, with crystal eyelashes.
    — Sarah Turner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of swagged
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“Feathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feathered. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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