adj
Meaning 1
Having wings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: apterous, unwinged, wingless
Standard Lemma guide
winged
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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homophone: whinged
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adj
Meaning 2
Having wings.
Having wings of a specified kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable
Examples
- weak-winged
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: apterous, unwinged, wingless
adj
Meaning 3
Having wings.
Having the specified number of wings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable
Examples
- The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: apterous, unwinged, wingless
adj
Meaning 4
Flying or soaring as if on wings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Swift.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
simple past and past participle of wing
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
simple past and past participle of winge
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 8
having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the winged feet of Mercury
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: wingless
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
very fast; as if with wings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- on winged feet
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English winged, wenged (“having wings”), past participle of wingen, from the noun winge, wenge.
See wing (verb).
See winge (verb).
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: թեւավոր (tʻewavor) — having wings
- Belarusian: крыла́сты (krylásty) — having wings
- Belarusian: крыла́ты (kryláty) — having wings
- Belarusian: скрыдла́ты (skrydláty) — having wings
- Bulgarian: крила́т (krilát) — having wings
- Catalan: alat — having wings
- Crimean Tatar: qanatlı — having wings
- Czech: křídlatý — having wings
- Czech: okřídlený — having wings
- Dutch: gevleugeld — having wings
- Finnish: siivekäs — having wings
- French: ailé — having wings
- Galician: alado — having wings
- German: geflügelt — having wings
- Ancient Greek: πτερόεις (pteróeis) — having wings
- Hungarian: szárnyas — having wings
- Irish: sciathánach — having wings
- Irish: eiteach — having wings
- Italian: alato — having wings
- Latin: ālātus — having wings
- Latin: ālifer — having wings
- Latvian: spārnots — having wings
- Latvian: spārnains — having wings
- Macedonian: крилест (krilest) — having wings
- Macedonian: крилат (krilat) — having wings
- Manx: skianagh — having wings
- Māori: whaiparirau — having wings
- Polish: uskrzydlony — having wings
- Polish: skrzydlaty — having wings
- Portuguese: alado — having wings
- Romanian: înaripat — having wings
- Russian: крыла́тый (krylátyj) — having wings
- Slovak: krídlatý — having wings
- Slovak: okrídlený — having wings
- Spanish: alado — having wings
- Spanish: alígero — having wings
- Spanish: alífero — having wings
- Swahili: -enye mabawa — having wings
- Swedish: bevingad — having wings
- Turkish: kanatlı — having wings
- Ukrainian: крила́тий (krylátyj) — having wings
- Welsh: adeiniog — having wings
- Welsh: asgellog — having wings
- Finnish: -siipinen — having wings of a specified kind
- Finnish: -siipinen — having the specified number of wings
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