Winged definition

wĭngd, wĭngĭd
Moving on or as if on wings; flying.
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Having wings or winglike parts.
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Moving, esp. swiftly, on or as if on wings.
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Lofty; sublime.

Winged words.

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Swift; fleet.
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Having wings or winglike appendages.
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Having wings of a specified kind. Often used in combination.

Broken-winged; large-winged.

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Having wings.
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Flying or soaring as if on wings.
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Simple past tense and past participle of wing.
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Soaring as if with wings; elevated or sublime.
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Origin of winged

  • wing (“noun") +"Ž -ed

    From Wiktionary

  • See wing (verb)

    From Wiktionary

Winged Sentence Examples

  • In many of these insects, while most individuals of the species are wingless, winged specimens are now and then met with.

  • The cones, about the size of a small walnut, bear spirally arranged imbricated scales which subtend the three-angled winged seeds.

  • The male scales differ in form from the female; the adult male is winged, and is rarely seen.

  • The very globe continually transcends and translates itself, and becomes winged in its orbit.

  • The scales of its cones are winged, and have a hook at the apex.

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