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🕊️ Tail like a fan 🕊️ Spread tail feathers
to fantailed

to fantailed

8.3
To spread the tail like a fan to show feathers
  • verb
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  • As the peacock fantailed, the children watched in awe at the colorful display.

Examples

  • When threatened, the turkey fantailed to appear larger and more intimidating.

  • Look how the bird fantailed to impress its mate!

  • The bird fantailed its feathers to attract a mate during the spring.

  • The peacock fantailed beautifully during the mating dance.

  • The bird fantailed its feathers to attract a mate during the spring.

  • As the peacock fantailed, the children watched in awe at the colorful display.

  • When threatened, the turkey fantailed to appear larger and more intimidating.

Synonyms

fanned
vsto fantailed
8 4.3

Spread out like an open fan

is specifically about displaying rear feathers to show off

How Fanned

to fantailed
8.3
spread
74 3.3

Surface Forms

fantailed infinitive
fantailed past
fantailed past participle
fantailed present participle
fantailed third person singular

Morphology

fantailed = fantail (transparent) = fantail + ed

The past-tense/past-participle is formed regularly from the verb 'fantail' by adding '-ed', a process transparent to learners.

Etymology

The verb fantailed comes from the words fan and tail. It means 'to spread the tail like a fan', usually to show off or to look bigger, which is why peacocks and turkeys fantailed.