Definitions for: Winged


[adj] very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet"
[adj] having or as if having wings; "the winged feet of Mercury";



Webster (1913) Definition: Winged, a.
1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having
winglike expansions.

2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated;
lofty; sublime. [R.]

How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be
followed for its own sake. --J. S.
Harford.

3. Swift; rapid. ``Bear this sealed brief with winged haste
to the lord marshal.'' --Shak.

4. Wounded or hurt in the wing.

5. (Bot.) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit
of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants;
alate.

6. (Her.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a
different tincture from the body.

7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. ``The winged air
darked with plumes.'' --Milton.

Synonyms: alar, alary, alate, alated, aliform, batwing, brachypterous, fast, flying, pinioned, short-winged, volant(ip), winglike, wing-shaped

Antonyms: wingless

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