"featherbed" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: featherbeds [plural]
Etymology: From feather + bed. Etymology templates: {{af|en|feather|bed}} feather + bed Head templates: {{en-noun}} featherbed (plural featherbeds)
  1. A mattress stuffed with feathers. Categories (topical): Bedding Translations (a mattress stuffed with feathers): пухен дюшек (puhen djušek) [masculine] (Bulgarian), höyhenpatja (Finnish), Federbett [neuter] (German), derékalj (Hungarian), plumolito (Ido), leaba chlúimh (éan) [feminine] (Irish), leaba chluimhrí [feminine] (Irish), perinä (Karelian), пери́на (perína) [feminine] (Russian), пухови́к (puxovík) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-featherbed-en-noun-zASs30Uy Disambiguation of Bedding: 40 22 11 27 Disambiguation of 'a mattress stuffed with feathers': 98 2
  2. (UK, Dartmoor) A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-featherbed-en-noun-ijTxzala Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: feather bed

Verb [English]

Forms: featherbeds [present, singular, third-person], featherbedding [participle, present], featherbedded [participle, past], featherbedded [past]
Etymology: From feather + bed. Etymology templates: {{af|en|feather|bed}} feather + bed Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} featherbed (third-person singular simple present featherbeds, present participle featherbedding, simple past and past participle featherbedded)
  1. (transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle. Tags: transitive Translations (to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle): глезя (glezja) (Bulgarian), изнежвам (iznežvam) (Bulgarian), verwöhnen (German), ser indulgente (Spanish), consentir (Spanish), mimar (Spanish), tener entre algodones (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-featherbed-en-verb-u82IdGeZ Disambiguation of 'to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle': 98 2
  2. (intransitive) To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-featherbed-en-verb-Ehm~1b0f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 30 21 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 21 14 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: feather-bed

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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