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[redigera]Substantiv
[redigera]| Böjningar av pinion | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | pinion | pinions |
| Genitiv | pinion's | pinions' |
pinion
- en vinge
- 1597: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, II.v (William Shakespeare): Therefore do nimble-pinion'd doves draw Love, / And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings.
- 1839: The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe): Never seraph spread a pinion / Over fabric half so fair.
- leden på en fågels vinge längst bort från kroppen
- de yttersta primära fjädrarna på en fågels vinge
- 1607: The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare): An argument that he is pluck'd, when hither / He sends so poor a pinion of his wing ...
- den minsta växeln i ett växeldrivet tåg
- 1844: The Premature Burial (Edgar Allan Poe): A certain period elapses, and some unseen mysterious principle again sets in motion the magic pinions and the wizard wheels.
- Etymologi: Av latinska penna (”fjäder”).
- Sammansättningar: rack and pinion
Verb
[redigera]| Böjningar av pinion | Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2:a pers. | 3:e pers. | ||
| Presens | pinion | pinions | pinion |
| Preteritum | ◀ | pinioned | ▶ |
| Perfektparticip | ◀ | pinioned | ▶ |
| Presensparticip | ◀ | pinioning, vard. pinionin' | ▶ |
pinion
- ta bort leden på en fågels vinge längst bort från kroppen för att förhindra fågeln från att flyga
- hindra genom att hålla fast armarna
- 1607: The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare): Know, sir that I / Will not wait pinion'd at your master's court, / Nor once be chastis'd with the sober eye / Of dull Octavia.
- 1916: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce), Macmillan Press Ltd, sid 80
- Nash pinioned his arms behind while Boland seized a long cabbage stump which was lying in the gutter.