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1. Turning an oar parallel to the water between pulls
   - feather

1. Join tongue and groove, in carpentry
    
2. Cover or fit with feathers
    
3. Turn the paddle; in canoeing
   - square
    
4. Turn the oar, while rowing
   - square
    
5. Grow feathers
   "The young sparrows are feathering already";
   - fledge

Derived forms: featherings

Type of: acquire, conjoin, cover, develop, get, grow, join, paddle, produce, rotary motion, rotation, row

Part of: row, rowing

Encyclopedia: Feathering