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befeathering

befeathering is the present participle and gerund of befeather.

Meaning of befeather

Verb

befeather (third-person singular simple present befeathers, present participle befeathering, simple past and past participle befeathered)

  1. (transitive) To deck or cover with feathers.
    • The men were not ill made, but they disfigured themselves with grease and coarse paint; they were of a dark copper-colour, with lank black hair, which they tied in a knot behind; but they so bepowdered, or rather befeathered it with down, that the colour was hardly discernible […]1785, John Rickman, Journal of Captain Cook’s Last Voyage, to the Pacific Ocean: on Discovery, London: E. Newbery, Part 2, pp. 223-224

Questions about befeathering

What is befeathering the present participle and gerund of?
Befeathering is the present participle and gerund of befeather.

Words near befeathering in the dictionary

  1. befangs
  2. befanned
  3. befast
  4. befeather
  5. befeathered
  6. befeathering
  7. befeathers
  8. befel
  9. befeld
  10. befell
  11. beferned

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