"feature" Definition

Definitions for the word "feature" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A form; a shape.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
1 distinctive or characteristic part of a thing. 2 (usu. In pl.) Part of the face. 3 (esp. Specialized) article in a newspaper etc. 4 (in full feature film) main film in a cinema programme. v. (-ring) 1 make a special display of; emphasize. 2 have as or be a central participant or topic in a film, broadcast, etc. featureless adj. [latin factura formation: related to *fact]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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