{
    "term": "feather",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/bi/birds.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "one of the many soft light parts covering a bird’s body",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a peacock feather"
                },
                {
                    "text": "tail/flight/wing feathers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a feather pillow *(= one containing feathers)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had to pluck the dead hen's feathers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Its feathers were ruffled by the chill breeze."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chicks have grown their adult feathers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The owl fluffed out its feathers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fledgling with new flight feathers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a swan preening its feathers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the downy feathers on the duck's breast"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Birds"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["breast", "neck", "tail"],
                "verb + feather": ["preen", "fluff", "fluff out"],
                "feather + noun": ["bed", "mattress", "pillow"],
                "phrases": ["as light as a feather"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "people of the same sort (are found together)",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an action that you can be proud of",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to annoy or upset somebody or a group of people",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The senator's speech ruffled a few feathers in the business world."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody feel less angry or offended",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to express surprise",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfeðə(r)/",
                "audio": "fe/feather/feather__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfeðər/",
                "audio": "fe/feather/feather__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English fether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veer and German Feder, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit patra ‘wing’, Latin penna ‘feather’, and Greek pteron, pterux ‘wing’."
}