Meaning of winged in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    winged

    Definitions

    1. very fast

    Examples

    • « as if with wings »
    • « on winged feet »

    Synonyms

  2. Qualitative Adjective

    winged

    Definitions

    1. having or as if having wings

    Examples

    • « the winged feet of Mercury; »

    Synonyms

    Antonyms

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  • « Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind. »
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  • « Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great workmen of history have been men who believed like giants. »
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  • « Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind. »
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  • « He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sun rise. »
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