Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: winged
IPA transcription: [w'ɪŋd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: winged
    Meaning: very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet"
  • Synonyms: winged
    Meaning: having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind; "the winged feet of Mercury";
Usage examples
  • THE WINGED VICTORY
  • Like winged stars the fire-flies flash and glance
  • Terrifically large, he moved with the lightness of a winged insect.
  • The middle of the week Nancy Ellen came flying up the walk on winged feet, herself.
  • She was a very substantial woman, but for the remainder of that day she felt that she was moving with winged feet.
  • Near the name is an ear of corn, and other symbols, such as the winged solar disc, a gazelle, and several stars, but there is no fish.
  • Following the channel, he winged his flight for miles over the cool sparkling water, between the tangle of foliage bordering the banks.
  • "If it were known that the winged child is alive," he thought, "the people would thrust me from my place, and restore him to his father's throne.
  • The truth is, those ugly little winged monsters, called Troubles, which are now almost as numerous as mosquitoes, had never yet been seen on the earth.
  • And the eddying current held her between the clashing rocks; and on each side they shook and thundered; and the ship's timbers were held fast. Then Athena with her left hand thrust back one mighty rock and with her right pushed the ship through; and she, like a winged arrow, sped through the air.