About The Word Winged
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Winged
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What's The Definition Of Winged?
[adj] very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet"
[adj] having or as if having wings; "the winged feet of Mercury"; Synonyms | Synonyms for Winged: alar | alary | alate | alated | aliform | batwing | brachypterous | fast | flying | pinioned | short-winged | volant(ip) | winglike | wing-shaped Related Terms | Find terms related to Winged: See Also | Winged In Webster's Dictionary \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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