A Quick and Simple Dictionary

feature

1. Noun.  (obsolete) One's structure or make-up; form, shape, bodily proportions.
2. Noun.  An important or main item.
3. Noun.  (media) A long, prominent, article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
4. Noun.  Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
5. Noun.  (computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
6. Noun.  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.
7. Noun.  (archeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
8. Noun.  (engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of a part. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
9. Verb.  To ascribe the greatest importance to something within a certain context.
10. Verb.  To star, to contain.
11. Verb.  to appear; to make an appearance.