feathered wings
Plumage for flight
Feathered wings are the flight appendages of birds, covered in overlapping feathers rather than membrane or scales.
The phrase distinguishes bird wings from those of insects, bats, or mythical dragons.
In figurative use, feathered wings evoke angels or natural flight: She dreamed of feathered wings carrying her above the clouds.
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- flightAerial journey by aircraft
- taking flightBeginning to fly
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- avianOf or concerning birds
quills · angel · bird · bird of prey · gliding · downy · pinions · talons · molting · aerial · flutter · preening · hollow · iridescent · raptors · nesting · airborne · free as a bird
- winged thingsPegasus, dove, eagle, hawk, falcon
- angel imageryangel statue, angel figurine, cherub, seraph, archangel
- heavenly visionsangelic choir, archangels, ascension, celestial beings, cherubim
flight capability/presence
feathered wingswinglessness
Absence of flight organs
flightlessness · grounded · earthbound · legs · fins
feather, feathers, feathery, feathering, unfeathered, wing, wings, winged, wingless