| feature | (n) a prominent attribute or aspect of something, Syn. characteristic, Example: the map showed roads and other features; generosity is one of his best characteristics |
| feature | (n) the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin, Syn. lineament, Example: an expression of pleasure crossed his features; his lineaments were very regular |
| feature | (n) the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater, Syn. feature film, Example: the feature tonight is `Casablanca' |
| feature | (n) a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine, Syn. feature article, Example: they ran a feature on retirement planning |
| feature | (n) an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles |
| featureless | (adj) lacking distinguishing characteristics or features, Example: the featureless landscape of the steppe |
| feature of speech | (n) (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind, Syn. feature |
| Feature | n. [ 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. ] What needeth it his feature to descrive? Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] Cheated of feature by dissembling nature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] It is for homely features to keep home. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] And to her service bind each living creature So scented the grim feature, and upturned |
| Featured | a. How noble, young, how rarely featured! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] The well-stained canvas or the featured stone. Young. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Featureless | a. Having no distinct or distinctive features. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Featurely | a. Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Featurely warriors of Christian chivalry. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] |