winged

«winged» in Mova's school dictionary: having wings, as in «a winged horse» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (winged); verb form (past of wing: winged)

meaning for a pupil

1) Winged means having wings, as in «a winged horse». tree →

2) (verb, past) Winged means flew, or hit someone in the wing or arm lightly, as in «The arrow winged the bird». tree →

3) (informal) To have winged it means to have done something without preparing, making it up as you went along. tree →

4) In compound words, -winged describes the type of wings, as in «long-winged», «red-winged blackbird». tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and myths: winged horses (Pegasus), winged dragons, angels; in science, winged insects and seeds (sycamore seeds); in everyday talk, «I winged the speech» (I improvised); phrases: wing it, winged insect.

examples

• Pegasus is a winged horse in Greek myths. tree →
• Sycamore seeds are winged and spin as they fall. tree →
• A winged insect buzzed past my ear. tree →
• I forgot my notes so I winged my talk. tree →
• The stone winged the pigeon but did not hurt it badly. tree →
• The red-winged blackbird sings in the marsh. tree →
• The winged songster serenades the fragrant flowers. tree →

note

As an adjective it is said in one syllable or two: «winged» (wingd) or «wing-ed» in poems. «Wing it» is informal. Past of «wing»: winged.

In the corpora

• All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you.
• But all winged swarming things, which have four feet, are a detestable thing unto you.
• the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,
• And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.
• Of all clean winged things ye may eat.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «winged» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.