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- [pin-yuh n]
- /ˈpɪn yən/
- /ˈpɪn.jən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pin-yuh n]
- /ˈpɪn yən/
Definitions of pinioned word
- noun pinioned the distal or terminal segment of the wing of a bird consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges. 1
- noun pinioned the wing of a bird. 1
- noun pinioned a feather. 1
- noun pinioned the flight feathers collectively. 1
- verb with object pinioned to cut off the pinion of (a wing) or bind (the wings), as in order to prevent a bird from flying. 1
- verb with object pinioned to disable or restrain (a bird) in such a manner. 1
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Origin of pinioned
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English pynyon < Middle French pignon wing, pinion < Vulgar Latin *pinniōn (stem of pinniō), derivative of Latin pinna feather, wing, fin
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Parts of speech for Pinioned
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pinioned popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
pinioned usage trend in Literature
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verb pinioned
- action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- cork — Cork is a soft, light substance which forms the bark of a type of Mediterranean tree.
- corked — (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
- disenabled — Simple past tense and past participle of disenable.
- enchained — Simple past form of enchain.
noun pinioned
- cogged — having cogs.
- gammed — Simple past tense and past participle of gam.
- geared — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- quilled — rolled or incurved into a narrow tubular form.
Antonyms for pinioned
Top questions with pinioned
- what does pinioned mean?
- when they are pinioned under the beech tree?
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