features
- features "parts of the visible body" (especially the face), c.1300, from FEATURE (Cf. feature) (n.).
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features — index character (personal quality), circumstances, color (complexion), configuration (form), indicia Burton s Legal Thesaurus … Law dictionary
features — [n] facial characteristics appearance, countenance, face, lineaments, looks, mien, mug*, physiognomy, puss*, visage; concept 418 … New thesaurus
-features — suffix face . In British and Australian English it is often added to other, usually offensive, words as an insult or mock insult as in bum features, creature features, cunt features, etc … Contemporary slang
- features — ( suffix ) word element used to make insulting compounds: dweeb features ; snot features … Dictionary of Australian slang
- features — Australian Slang ( suffix ) word element used to make insulting compounds: dweeb features ; snot features … English dialects glossary
features — Synonyms and related words: air, appearance, bearing, brow, carriage, cast, cast of countenance, color, complexion, configuration, contour, countenance, delineation, demeanor, dial, face, facial appearance, facies, favor, feature, figuration,… … Moby Thesaurus
-features — a combining form used in vocative insults with a preposed descriptor, as in dag features … Australian English dictionary
features — The various parts of the face, forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, chin, cheeks, and ears, that give to it its individuality and character. [through O. Fr., fr. L. factura, a making, fr. facio, to do] … Medical dictionary
features — Tradúzcase por «reportaje o servicio especial»; variedades suyas son la «columna personal», la «necrología» y la «semblanza o perfil personal», siempre con carga literaria y subjetiva … Diccionario español de neologismos
features — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lineaments, countenance, looks, appearance; see face 1 … English dictionary for students