FEATHERING

To cover or furnish with feathers.

To arrange in the manner or appearance of feathers.

Example: "The stylist feathered my hair."

To rotate the oars while they are out of the water to reduce wind resistance.

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 does not windmill during flight.

Example: "After striking the bird, the pilot feathered the left, damaged engine’s propeller."

To finely shave or bevel an edge.

To intergrade or blend the pixels of an image with those of a background or neighboring image.

To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.

To render light as a feather; to give wings to.

To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.

To tread, as a cock.

To accidentally touch the cue ball with the tip of the cue when taking aim