- featherbed⇄featherbed, verb, -bedded,-bedding,noun.
- featherbed⇄noun featherbedder.
- featherbed⇄noun the practice or condition of featherbedding.
Ex. They [railroad unions] cannot call an immediate strike to bring back the featherbed (New York Times). - featherbed⇄v.i. to practice featherbedding.
- featherbed⇄v.t. 1. to arrange (work) under conditions of featherbedding.
2. to employ (workers) in addition to those needed.
Ex. ... results in such frequent job changes that production is disrupted and laid-off employes often must be featherbedded (Wa