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# winged

«winged» in Mova's judaism 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#m1)

2) (verb, past) Winged means flew, or hit someone in the wing or arm lightly, as in «The arrow winged the bird». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#m2)

3) (informal) To have winged it means to have done something without preparing, making it up as you went along. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#m3)

4) In compound words, -winged describes the type of wings, as in «long-winged», «red-winged blackbird». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Having wings. In the Torah it is used in the food laws for birds and flying insects, as in "winged swarming things" (insects), some of which may be eaten and some not. Interpretation: Tradition reads these laws as marking which flying creatures are clean (kosher) and which are not. The rabbis list the permitted kinds of locust and the forbidden birds. In the primary 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

- Of all clean winged things ye may eat. (Torah DEU.14.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x1)
- And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten. (Torah DEU.14.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x2)
- All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you. (Torah LEV.11.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x3)
- Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl; (Writings PSA.148.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x4)
- He caused flesh also to rain upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas; (Writings PSA.78.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x5)
- Pegasus is a winged horse in Greek myths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x6)
- Sycamore seeds are winged and spin as they fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x7)
- A winged insect buzzed past my ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x8)
- I forgot my notes so I winged my talk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x9)
- The stone winged the pigeon but did not hurt it badly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x10)
- The red-winged blackbird sings in the marsh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x11)
- The winged songster serenades the fragrant flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x12)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.274/)
- [But all winged swarming things, which have four feet, are a detestable thing unto you.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.277/)
- [the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.129/)
- [And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.420/)
- [Of all clean winged things ye may eat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.421/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «winged» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.