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Meaning of WINGED

Pronunciation:  wingd

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet"
  2. [adj]  having or as if having wings; "the winged feet of Mercury";
 
 Synonyms: alar, alary, alate, alated, aliform, batwing, brachypterous, fast, flying, pinioned, short-winged, volant(ip), winglike, wing-shaped
 
 Antonyms: wingless
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Winged\, a.
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.

 

 

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