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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind;
- Example: "the winged feet of Mercury";

2. very fast; as if with wings;
- Example: "on winged feet"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wing \Wing\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winged; p. pr. & vb. n. Winging.] 1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity. [1913 Webster] Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 2. To supply with wings or sidepieces. [1913 Webster] The main battle, whose puissance on either side Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly. [1913 Webster] I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered bough. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To move through in flight; to fly through. [1913 Webster] There's not an arrow wings the sky But fancy turns its point to him. --Moore. [1913 Webster] 5. To cut off the wings of or to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird; also, [fig.] to wound the arm of a person. [1913 Webster +PJC] To wing a flight, to exert the power of flying; to fly. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Winged \Winged\, a. 1. Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions. [1913 Webster] 2. Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime. [R.] [1913 Webster] How winged the sentiment that virtue is to be followed for its own sake. --J. S. Harford. [1913 Webster] 3. Swift; rapid. "Bear this sealed brief with winged haste to the lord marshal." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Wounded or hurt in the wing. [1913 Webster] 5. (Bot.) Furnished with a leaflike appendage, as the fruit of the elm and the ash, or the stem in certain plants; alate. [1913 Webster] 6. (Her.) Represented with wings, or having wings, of a different tincture from the body. [1913 Webster] 7. Fanned with wings; swarming with birds. "The winged air darked with plumes." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

winged adj 1: having wings or as if having wings of a specified kind; "the winged feet of Mercury"; [ant: wingless] 2: very fast; as if with wings; "on winged feet"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "winged": agile, breakneck, dashing, double-quick, eagle-winged, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, galloping, hair-trigger, hasty, headlong, hustling, light of heel, light-footed, lively, mercurial, nimble, nimble-footed, precipitate, prompt, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, rapid, reckless, running, snappy, spanking, speedy, swift