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English noun: pinion | |||
| 1. | pinion (artifact) a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lantern pinion, lantern wheel | ||
| 2. | pinion (animal) any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird | ||
| Synonyms | flight feather, quill, quill feather | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | feather, plumage, plume | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | primary, primary feather, primary quill, tail feather | ||
| Part meronym | wing | ||
| 3. | pinion (animal) wing of a bird | ||
| Synonyms | pennon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wing | ||
| Part meronym | bird | ||
English verb: pinion | |||
| 1. | pinion (contact) bind the arms of | ||
| Examples | They want to pinion the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | shackle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confine, hold, restrain | ||
| 2. | pinion (change) cut the wings off (of birds) | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disable, disenable, incapacitate | ||
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