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Winged

//wɪŋ(ɪ)d// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having wings. not-comparable

    "The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters … But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo."

  2. 2
    Having wings.; Having wings of a specified kind. in-compounds, not-comparable

    "weak-winged"

  3. 3
    Having wings.; Having the specified number of wings. in-compounds, not-comparable

    "The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God."

  4. 4
    Flying or soaring as if on wings. not-comparable
  5. 5
    Swift. not-comparable

    "Come Tamburlain, now whet thy winged ſword And lift thy loftie arme into the cloudes, That it may reach the King of Perſeas crowne, And ſet it ſafe on my victorious head."

Adjective
  1. 1
    very fast; as if with wings wordnet
  2. 2
    having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of wing form-of, participle, past
  2. 2
    simple past and past participle of winge form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English winged, wenged (“having wings”), past participle of wingen, from the noun winge, wenge.

Etymology 2

See wing (verb).

Etymology 3

See winge (verb).

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