feather oor Xhosa

feather

[ˈfɛð̥ɚ], [ˈfɛð̥ə], /ˈfɛð.ə(ɹ)/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the wings of birds that allows their wings to create lift.

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A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the skin of birds and protects them against coldness and water and allows their wings to create lift.

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A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the skin of birds and protects them against coldness and water and allows their wings to create lift.

This classic airfoil design enables each flight feather to act like a tiny wing in itself.
Indlela eyilwe ngayo le ndawo ukuze ikwazi ukulawula umoya yenza usiba ngalunye lokubhabha lube ngathi liphiko.

Feather

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At this order the crew sit squarely and upright on their thwarts, with their oars horizontal and at right-angles to the fore-and-aft line of the boat and with the blades feathered, i.e., parallel with the water.
Ngalo myalelo iqela lamadoda lihlala kakuhle ehleli nkqo ezihlalweni zawo, nemi-qheba eyenziwe ngomthi ithe tye kumagophe asekunene ukuya ngaphambili nangasemva komgca wesikhitshane namazembe egqunyiwe okanye embathiswe ngamanzi oko ikukuthengelelana namanzi.

Under their nearly impenetrable coat of contour feathers lies a dense layer of soft, fluffy feathers called down, which may be up to two thirds of an inch [1.7 cm] thick and cover most of the duck’s body.
Ngaphantsi kweentsiba zokubhabha ezishinyeneyo kukho iintsiba ezithambileyo nezifukufuku ekuthiwa ziidown, ezisenokuba ziziisentimitha ezisisi-1,7 ubude nezigqume phantse wonke umzimba wedada.

Pollen gets deposited on the feathers of the birds’ forehead and breast.
Umungu uthi nca kwiintsiba ezingaphambili nasesifubeni.

Scattering Feathers in the Wind
Ukusasaza Iintsiba Emoyeni

There we saw a flock of parrots, with their green and blue iridescent feathers shining in the sun.
Apho sabona igquba lezikhwenene, zitsho ngezo ntsiba zazo ziqaqambileyo ziluhlaza nezimzuba zikhanyiswe lilanga.

Down feather
Iintsiba zangaphantsi

The degree of feathering can be controlled so that the resultant of the blade forces acts in any desired direction.
Isidanga sobayo bunokulawula ukuze iziphumo zamandla ephini lokuphexa asebenze kwinqwelo lwekhondo nokuba leliphina.

So, just before the birds took off, he crept silently underneath Nkwazi’s wing feathers.
Ngoko ke, phambi nje kokuba iintaka zintingele phezulu, wachwechwa ngokuzolileyo wangena phantsi kweentsiba zeempiko zikaNkwazi.

Tortoise’s feathers fluttered down to earth and he found himself stranded in the clouds.
Iintsiba zikaFudo zaqhawuka, zaphasalaka, zawela emhlabeni, waza ke wazifumana eze emafini, engasakwazi ngoku ukubhabha.

The fossil feather is from archaeopteryx, an extinct creature sometimes presented as a “missing link” in the line of descent to modern birds.
Usiba ekuthethwa ngalo apha luvela kwisidalwa esaphelayo ekuthiwa yiarchaeopteryx, maxa wambi ekucingelwa ukuba singunozala weentaka zanamhlanje.

Feathered Masters of Song
Iintaka Eziyimilonji Evunyiweyo

Other participants, wearing horned headdresses, feathered masks, and wispy gowns, dance through the forest, grunting and gesticulating, keening and moaning.”
Abanye abanenxaxheba, abanxibe iiqhiya ezinonkontsho, amagxulushe aneentsiba, nezambatho ezibengezelayo, badanisa emahlathini, begquma besenza nezimbo zomzimba, begcuma.”

To put it simply, even in theory, evolution could not produce a feather unless each step in a long series of random, inheritable changes in feather structure significantly improved the animal’s chances for survival.
Ngamany’ amazwi, nemfundiso yendaleko ayikwazi kuchaza indlela olwavela ngayo usiba lingakhange inqanaba ngalinye kwiinguqulelo ezathabath’ ixesha elide liyiphucule ngendlela ebonakalayo indlela eso sidalwa esasiphila ngayo.

Dressed in grotesque costumes adorned with feathers, shells, and other regional products, the masked boys represent “little Saint Nicholases,” or Sunne Klaezjen.
Efake isinxibo esingaqhelekanga nesihonjiswe ngeentsiba, ngamaqokobhe, nangezinye iimveliso zommandla la makhwenkwe afake ezi zinto amela “iiNgcwele ezingooNicholas abancinane,” okanye ooSunne Klaezjen.

They then poured tar and feathers all over him, rubbing the tar into his hair and scalp.”
Bandula ke bamqaba itela baza bamfaka iintsiba emzimbeni wonke, behlikihla le tela ezinweleni nasentlonzeni yakhe.”

He related that once while he was in the preaching work, an angry mob had beaten him and had covered him with tar and feathers.
Wasibalisela ukuba ngenye imini ngoxa wayesentsimini, kwathi gqi ihlokondiba elinomsindo, lambetha laza lamtyabeka ngetela labeka neentsiba phezu kwakhe.

If feathers clearly evolved, why should discussions of the process become so vitriolic?
Ukuba ngokwenene iintsiba zabakho ngendaleko, yintoni ebangela impikiswano eshushu ngolu hlobo?

[Ntatu_2]Soon Ntatu’s colourful feathers faded.
[Ntatu_2]Kungekudala iintsiba ezimibala-bala zikaNtatu zafiphala, azabi nambala.

Besides benefiting from a snug winter coat of feathers or fur, animals also make good use of the amazing insulating power of snow.
Nakuba zinoboya neentsiba ezifudumeleyo, zizakhela iindlwane ekhephini ukuze zizikhusele kumoya obandayo.

Tortoise looked ridiculous once all the feathers were stuck to his legs.
UFudo wabonakala ngathi sisibhanxa zakuba zincanyathelisiwe zonke intsiba emilenzeni yakhe.

However, a bird’s wings use feathers rather than a membrane as was the case with the pterosaurs.
Noko ke, amaphiko entaka aneentsiba kunokuba abe nenwebu njengoko kwakunjalo ngamacilikishe anamaphiko.

Flame-Feathered Dancers
Abadanisi Abampiko Zifana Nomlilo

Extending out from it are rows of interlocking barbs that form the smooth vane of the feather.
Kwesi sikhondo kukho uluhlu lwamagwegwe abizwa ngokuba ziibarbs ayila indawo emcaba negudileyo yeentsiba ekuthiwa yivane.

But none have ever been found, only traces of fully formed feathers.
Kodwa akukho nolunye, kuphela nje ziintsiba ezipheleleyo ezifumanekayo.

Across the United States, men and women identified with distribution of literature of the Bible Students were mobbed, also tarred and feathered.
Kulo lonke elaseUnited States, amadoda nabafazi ababesasaza uncwadi lwaBafundi beBhayibhile babehlaselwa ngamahlokondiba, baqatywe itela baze bafakwe iintsiba.