pinion
verb (pinion, pinions, pinioned, pinioning); noun (a pinion, pinions)
Everyday
- (verb) To hold or tie someone's arms tightly so they cannot move them. tree →
- (verb) To cut or tie a bird's wing feathers so it cannot fly. tree →
- (noun, poetic) A bird's wing, or the outer part of a wing. tree →
- (noun, machines) A small gear wheel with teeth that fits into a larger wheel or a toothed bar (rack and pinion). tree →
In the lessons
Stories: a prisoner is pinioned by guards. In The Wind in the Willows the policemen seize Toad and drag him off to prison. Science and design: a «rack and pinion» turns round movement into straight movement, as in a car's steering. Poetry: «on eagle's pinions».
Examples
- The guards pinioned the thief's arms. tree →
- Toad was seized and pinioned by two policemen. tree →
- The eagle spread its pinions. tree →
- A rack and pinion moves the train up the mountain. tree →
- The swans' wings were pinioned so they could not fly away. tree →
- He was pinioned to the ground by the bigger boy. tree →
- They are curious birds; they give one flap with their wings, and then on their outstretched pinions soar far away. tree →
Note
Regular verb. Not the same as «opinion». A pinion in a machine is the smaller of two gears.
In Jewish tradition
An eagle spreads its wings and carries its young on them as God cared for Israel in the desert. The Psalm says that whoever trusts God finds shelter under His wings.
Interpretation. Rashi says the eagle carries its young on its wings, taking arrows in its own body to shield them, a picture of God protecting Israel.
Examples
- As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions — (Torah DEU.32.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's? (Writings JOB.39.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- When ye lie among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her pinions with the shimmer of gold. (Writings PSA.68.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- He will cover thee with His pinions, and under His wings shalt thou take refuge; His truth is a shield and a buckler. (Writings PSA.91.4, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Regular verb. Not the same as «opinion». A pinion in a machine is the smaller of two gears.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «pinion» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «pinion» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «pinion» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «pinion» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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