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# winged

adjective (winged); verb form (past of wing: winged)

«winged» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Winged means having wings, as in «a winged horse». [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winged/#m4)

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

Having wings. In the Torah it is used in the food laws for birds and flying insects, as in "winged swarming things" (insects), some of which may be eaten and some not.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads these laws as marking which flying creatures are clean (kosher) and which are not. The rabbis list the permitted kinds of locust and the forbidden birds.

### Examples

- Of all clean winged things ye may eat. (Torah DEU.14.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x1)
- And all winged swarming things are unclean unto you; they shall not be eaten. (Torah DEU.14.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x2)
- All winged swarming things that go upon all fours are a detestable thing unto you. (Torah LEV.11.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x3)
- Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and winged fowl; (Writings PSA.148.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x4)
- He caused flesh also to rain upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas; (Writings PSA.78.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/#x5)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «winged» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winged/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «winged» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winged/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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