FEATURED

featured

(adjective) having facial features as specified; usually used in combination; “a grim-featured man”

featured

(adjective) made a feature or highlight; given prominence; “a featured actor”; “a featured item at the sale”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

featured (comparative more featured, superlative most featured)

displayed with special treatment

(in combination) Having features of a particular kind.

Verb

featured

past participle of feature

Synonyms

• depicted

• displayed

Source: Wiktionary


Fea"tured, a.

1. Shaped; fashioned. How noble, young, how rarely featured! Shak.

2. Having features; formed into features. The well-stained canvas or the featured stone. Young.

FEATURE

Fea"ture, n. Etym: [OE. feture form, shape, feature, OF. faiture fashion, make, fr. L. factura a making, formation, fr. facere, factum, to make. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Facture.]

1. The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance. What needeth it his feature to descrive Chaucer. Cheated of feature by dissembling nature. Shak.

2. The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance. It is for homely features to keep home. Milton.

3. The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape. And to her service bind each living creature Through secret understanding of their feature. Spenser.

4. A form; a shape. [R.] So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

7 January 2025

UNINFORMATIVELY

(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

coffee icon