Le mot anglais du jour

feather

plume

Définitions

anglais > français
feather
1. n. Plume.
2. v. Toucher délicatement.
anglais > anglais
feather
1. n. A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display.
2. n. Long hair on the lower legs of a dog or horse, especially a draft horse, notably the Clydesdale breed. Narrowly only the rear hair.
3. n. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.
4. n. A longitudinal strip projecting from an object to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sideways but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.
5. n. Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
6. n. One of the two shims of the three-piece stone-splitting tool known as plug and feather or plug and feathers; the feathers are placed in a borehole and then a wedge is driven between them, causing the
7. n. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water.
8. v. To cover or furnish with feathers.
9. v. To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.
The stylist feathered my hair.
10. v. (ambitransitive, rowing) To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.
11. v. (aeronautics) To streamline the blades of an aircraft's propeller by rotating them perpendicular to the axis of the propeller when the engine is shut down so that the propeller doesn't windmill as the
After striking the bird, the pilot feathered the left, damaged engine's propeller.
12. v. (carpentry, engineering) To finely shave or bevel an edge.
13. v. (computer graphics) To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.
14. v. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.
15. v. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.
16. v. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.
17. v. To tread, as a cock.
18. v. (snooker) To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim
français > anglais
plume
1. n-f. feather
2. n-f. quill
3. n-f. nib, the writing end of a fountain pen or a dip pen
4. n-f. (dated) writer, penman

Exemples de phrases

Birds of a feather will gather together.

Les oiseaux aux mêmes plumes se rassemblent entre eux.
You must be light like a bird and not like a feather.

Il faut être léger comme l'oiseau et non comme la plume.
"What's the difference between erotic and kinky?" "Erotic is when you use a feather and kinky is when you use a whole chicken."

«Quelle est la différence entre l'érotisme et la perversion?» «L'érotisme c'est lorsque vous utilisez une plume et la perversion c'est lorsque vous utilisez un poulet entier.».
Tickle her nose with a feather while she's sleeping and see if she wakes up.

Chatouille-lui le nez avec une plume pendant qu'elle dort pour voir si elle se réveille.
You have a feather on your hair.

Tu as une plume dans tes cheveux.