Thesaurus: winged
of Wing
Related headwords
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Definitions
- imp. & p. p. of Wing
- a. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.
- a. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime.
- a. Swift; rapid.
- a. Wounded or hurt in the wing.
- a. Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate.
- a. Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body.
- a. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds.
- adj. having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind
- adj. very fast; as if with wings
- 1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions. 2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. [R.] How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake. J. S. Harford. 3. Swift; rapid. "Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal." Shak. 4. Wounded or hurt in the wing. 5. (Bot.) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate. 6. (Her.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body. 7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. "The winged air darked with plumes." Milton.
- Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elmand the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate.