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feathered

verb

Definition of featherednext
past tense of feather
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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
  • Berkeley police said the long object Shrine pulled from his pocket while following Winograd into her apartment building was believed to be a barbecue lighter.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Saints follows Lali, a drifter and a thief, who is pulled back to Barcelona to face and care for her estranged mother Gloria.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of pulled
Verb
  • Even the most reflexive of answers are fringed with doubt, which to my mind is reason enough to ban the practice of capital punishment.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Castelo Ventoso is up a long dirt track fringed with cork trees.
    — Lucy Gillmore, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026
Definition of fringed
Verb
  • The look was completed with black silk tulle gloves and black satin slingback pumps embroidered with silk flowers.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The house also embroidered a luxury train carriage's interior and cushions for the 2026 Brit Awards.
    — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of embroidered
Verb
  • Elsewhere, the actual tablecloth material was dyed, cut into cloth, then braided and bound with leather to give PVC pants and a dress, with its sweet pintucked front panel, heft and structure.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Another is challah, bread that is usually braided and typically eaten on ceremonial occasions, which is served as a round loaf at Rosh Hashanah.
    — Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 7 Sep. 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
  • One of his biggest projects after returning to public life was a series of portraits of the Statue of Liberty, painted at the White House at the invitation of first lady Nancy Reagan in 1981.
    — BETH J. HARPAZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • However, Lizzie painted a different picture of their relationship when questioned by police in the wake of the murders.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of painted
Verb
  • Last year, immigration raids and tariffs hung over the celebration causing the event and mas bands to make adjustments.
    — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Over the past two years, about a half-dozen Black women and men have been found hanged across the South.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 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 24 Sep. 2026.

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