feat

USFEET/fit/

Pluralfeats

Verbfeats, feating, feated

Adjectivefeater, featest

4 meanings of feat

1
nouncountable
A difficult or impressive thing that someone manages to do.
Like winning a hard game that almost no one can win.
Climbing that mountain in a single day was an amazing feat.
Pulling the trapped dog from the river was a real feat.
Similarachievement, accomplishment, exploit, triumph
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2
verbcolloquialtransitive
To include someone or something as a featured, important part.
Like putting a special guest on a TV show so everyone notices them.
The song feats a famous singer.
Big shows like to feat new bands.
Similarfeature, showcase, spotlight
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3
adjectivearchaic
Skillful and graceful in how someone moves or works.
Like someone whose hands move quickly and never fumble.
The dancer was feat and light on her feet.
And look how well my garments sit upon me; Much feater than before:
1610, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”Here, feater means neater and more graceful, so the clothes fit better.
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Less common meaning

4
verbobsolete
To make or shape something into a form.
Like shaping soft clay into the form you want.
The old smith would feat hot iron into nails and hooks.
They feat the soft clay into round pots by hand.
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Origins

Meanings 1, 3–4

From Latin "factum" (a deed), from "facere" (to do or make). It came into English through French. It shares the same origin as "fact".

Meaning 2

A shortened form of the word "feature".