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unfeather

unfeather verb: to strip of feathers.

Verb

unfeather (third-person singular simple present unfeathers, present participle unfeathering, simple past and past participle unfeathered)

  1. To strip of feathers.
  2. To disengage the controls that rotate the blades of a propeller perpendicular to the axis of the propeller.
    • unfeather the propeller

Forms of unfeather

third-person singular presentunfeathers
present participleunfeathering
past participleunfeathered
pastunfeathered

Origin of unfeather

From un- + feather.

Questions about unfeather

What does unfeather mean?
Unfeather means to strip of feathers.
What part of speech is unfeather?
Unfeather is a verb.
What is the past tense of unfeather?
The past tense of unfeather is unfeathered.

Words near unfeather in the dictionary

  1. unfeasibility
  2. unfeasible
  3. unfeasibleness
  4. unfeasibly
  5. unfeasted
  6. unfeather
  7. unfeathered
  8. unfeathering
  9. unfeathers
  10. unfeatured
  11. unfebrile

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