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View usage for: (pɪnjən) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense pinions, present participle pinioning, past tense, past participle pinionedverbIf you are pinioned, someone prevents you from moving or escaping, especially by holding or tying your arms. At nine the next morning Bentley was pinioned, hooded and hanged. [be VERB-ed] [Also VERB noun ]Synonyms: immobilize, tie, bind, chain More Synonyms of pinion pinion in British English 1 (ˈpɪnjən) noun1. mainly poetic a bird's wing 2. the part of a bird's wing including the flight feathers verb (transitive)3. to hold or bind (the arms) of (a person) so as to restrain or immobilize him or her 5. to make (a bird) incapable of flight by removing that part of (the wing) from which the flight feathers grow Word origin C15: from Old French pignon wing, from Latin pinna wing pinion in British English 2 (ˈpɪnjən) nouna cogwheel that engages with a larger wheel or rack, which it drives or by which it is driven Word origin C17: from French pignon cogwheel, from Old French peigne comb, from Latin pecten comb; see pectenpinion in American English 1 (ˈpɪnjən) noun1. the last bony section of a bird's wing 2. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic a wing 3. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic any wing feather verb transitive4. to cut off or bind the pinions of (a bird) to keep it from flying 6. to disable or impede by binding the arms of Word origin ME pynyon < OFr pignon, var. of penon < L pinna, penna: see pen 2pinion in American English 2 (ˈpɪnjən) noun a small gear, the teeth of which fit into those of a larger gear or those of a rack Word origin Fr pignon < VL * pinnio < L pinna, bucket of a paddle wheel, lit., feather, var. of penna (see pen 2): assoc. in MFr with peigner, to comb: see peignoir Examples of 'pinion' in a sentencepinion Definition to confine His arms were pinioned against his sides. Synonyms immobilize confinepin down Additional synonymsDefinition to make secure, such as with a rope Bind the ends of the card together with thread. Synonyms tie, unite, join, stick, secure, attach, wrap, rope, knot, strap, lash, glue, tie up, hitch, paste, fasten, truss, make fast Definition to restrict, fasten, or bind with or as if with a chain We were kept in a cell, chained to the wall. Synonyms bind, confine, restrain, handcuff, shackle, tether, fetter, manacle, gyve (archaic) Definition to make or become secure or joined The dress fastens down the back. Synonyms tie, bind, lace, tie up - pinched
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Additional synonymsDefinition to tie up in fetters My foes fettered me hand and foot. Synonyms chain, tie, tie up, shackle, hobble, hold captive, manacle, gyve (archaic), put a straitjacket on Definition to put manacles on His hands were manacled behind his back. Synonyms handcuff, bind, confine, restrain, check, chain, curb, hamper, inhibit, constrain, shackle, fetter, tie someone's hands, put in chains, clap or put in irons Definition to fasten with shackles The robber was shackled and led away. Synonyms fetter, chain, handcuff, secure, bind, hobble, manacle, trammel, put in irons Definition to fasten or be fastened with string, rope, etc. He tied the ends of the plastic bag together. Synonyms fasten, bind, join, unite, link, connect, attach, knot, truss, interlace |