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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/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/school/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/school/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/school/W/winged/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winged/#x1)
- Sycamore seeds are winged and spin as they fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winged/#x2)
- A winged insect buzzed past my ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winged/#x3)
- I forgot my notes so I winged my talk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winged/#x4)
- The stone winged the pigeon but did not hurt it badly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winged/#x5)
- The red-winged blackbird sings in the marsh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winged/#x6)
- The winged songster serenades the fragrant flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winged/#x7)

### 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/school/W/winged/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.