winged
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
winged
adj 1: having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind;
"the winged feet of Mercury"; [ant: {wingless}]
2: very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Winged \Winged\, a.
1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having
winglike expansions.
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2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated;
lofty; sublime. [R.]
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How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be
followed for its own sake. --J. S.
Harford.
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3. Swift; rapid. "Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to
the lord marshal." --Shak.
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4. Wounded or hurt in the wing.
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5. (Bot.) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit
of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants;
alate.
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6. (Her.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a
different tincture from the body.
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7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. "The winged air
darked with plumes." --Milton.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Wing \Wing\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Winging}.]
1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with
celerity.
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Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms.
--Pope.
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Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours.
--Longfellow.
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2. To supply with wings or sidepieces.
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The main battle, whose puissance on either side
Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse.
--Shak.
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3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
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I, an old turtle,
Will wing me to some withered bough. --Shak.
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4. To move through in flight; to fly through.
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There's not an arrow wings the sky
But fancy turns its point to him. --Moore.
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5. To cut off the wings of or to wound in the wing; to
disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird; also, [fig.] to
wound the arm of a person.
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{To wing a flight}, to exert the power of flying; to fly.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "winged":
agile, breakneck, dashing, double-quick, eagle-winged, expeditious,
express, fast, fleet, flying, galloping, hair-trigger, hasty,
headlong, hustling, light of heel, light-footed, lively, mercurial,
nimble, nimble-footed, precipitate, prompt, quick,
quick as lightning, quick as thought, rapid, reckless, running,
snappy, spanking, speedy, swift
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