Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having wings or winglike appendages.
- adj. Having wings of a specified kind. Often used in combination: broken-winged; large-winged.
- adj. Moving on or as if on wings; flying.
- adj. Soaring as if with wings; elevated or sublime.
- adj. Swift; fleet.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having or wearing wings, in any sense: as, the winged horse (Pegasus); the winged god (Mercury); a winged (feathered) arrow; a winged ship.
- In heraldry, having wings.
- Specifically— Noting a bird when the wings are of a different tincture from the body.
- Noting an object not usually having wings: as, a winged column.
- In bot., anat., and conchology, alate; alated; having a part resembling or likened to a wing: as, a winged shell or bone; a winged seed. See cuts under sphenoid, wing-shell, and wing, n., 9 .
- Abounding with wings, and hence with birds; swarming with birds.
- Moving or passing on or as on wings; swift; rapid.
- Soaring; lofty; elevated; sublime.
- Disabled in the wing; having the wing broken.
- [l. c] See winged bull, above.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.
- adj. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime.
- adj. Swift; rapid.
- adj. Wounded or hurt in the wing.
- adj. Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate.
- adj. Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body.
- adj. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. very fast; as if with wings
- adj. having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind
Examples
“His name winged through her mind as she remembered the wondrous lovemaking they had shared.”
“It is an unspeakable boon to me to be able to speak in winged words that need no interpretation.”
“The motive for this adoration was said to be the great service rendered to Egypt by these birds, who were supposed to devour certain winged serpents, and prevent their devastating the country.”
“At these words an arrow, winged from a hand behind Cressingham, flew directly to the unvisored face of Wallace, but it struck too high; and ringing against his helmet, fell to the ground.”
“Thereupon she calls her winged son Cupid, mischievous enough in his own nature, and rouses and provokes him yet more by her complaints.”
“We pagan-minded folk call the winged tricksters of Magick the Faerie.”
“I don't stand over them, arms crossed, saying in a haughty Comic Book Guy voice "I believe you have called the winged Thanagarian warrior by the incorrect name of 'Birdman,' when it is, in fact, 'Hawkman' -- please leave my store.”
“Among the fixed molluscs are what is known as the winged shells, to which the “pearl oysters” belong.”
“And we have the concept of guardian angels, the idea of winged angels with halos that's mythical, right?”
“I'm looking for a man of my kind, that is, a winged goblin; my brother Harglo doesn't count, and Magician Trent is helping me.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘winged’.
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Fairylike
fairylike, enchanted, pixieish, pixyish, impish, mischievous, fluttery, magical, bewitching, enchanting, fey, otherworldly and 126 more...
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ghost
This is Ghost List 2 ( the kind that go 'boo!' ) :P
phantom, spectral, specter, spectre, spooky, poltergeist, haunt, spirit, banshee, cryptic, shadow, phantasm and 294 more...
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On with their heads!
Words that make other words with the addition of one letter at the beginning. The resulting words are tagged "behead".
men, his, yes, any, iota, limb, aged, laid, land, lead, read, word and 315 more...
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