pinion – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: gear,
geared wheel,
cogwheel,
gear wheel,
feather,
plume,
plumage,
wing,
confine,
hold,
restrain,
disenable,
incapacitate,
disable
pinion
n.
wing; feather, plume
v.
clip the wing of a bird; cut off the wing of a bird
Pinion
A
pinion is a round
gear used in several applications:
pinion
Noun
1. a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
(hypernym) gear, gear wheel, cogwheel
(hyponym) lantern pinion, lantern wheel
2. any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
(synonym) flight feather, quill, quill feather
(hypernym) feather, plume, plumage
(hyponym) primary, primary feather, primary quill
(part-holonym) wing
3. wing of a bird
(synonym) pennon
(hypernym) wing
(part-holonym) bird
Verb
1. bind the arms of
(synonym) shackle
(hypernym) restrain, confine, hold
2. cut the wings off (of birds)
(hypernym) disable, disenable, incapacitate
(derivation) pennon
Pinion
(v. t.)
To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
(v. t.)
To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.
(v. t.)
To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.
(v. t.)
Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.
(n.)
The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
(n.)
A wing, literal or figurative.
(n.)
A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
(n.)
A fetter for the arm.
(n.)
A feather; a quill.
(n.)
A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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pinion
tehn. pinion