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cut a feather

cut a feather verb: to make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.

Verb

cut a feather (third-person singular simple present cuts a feather, present participle cutting a feather, simple past and past participle cut a feather)

  1. To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.
  2. (colloquial) To make oneself conspicuous.

Forms of cut a feather

third-person singular presentcuts a feather
present participlecutting a feather
past participlecut a feather
pastcut a feather

Questions about cut a feather

What does cut a feather mean?
Cut a feather means to make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.
What part of speech is cut a feather?
Cut a feather is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut a feather?
The past tense of cut a feather is cut a feather.

Words near cut a feather in the dictionary

  1. Cusworth
  2. cut
  3. cut a caper
  4. cut a dash
  5. cut a deal
  6. cut a feather
  7. cut a figure
  8. cut a rug
  9. cut a shine
  10. cut a swath
  11. cut a swathe

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