Noun
- 1. pinion, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel
- usage: a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
- 2. flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather, feather, plume, plumage
- usage: any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
- 3. pennon, pinion, wing
- usage: wing of a bird
Verb
- 1. pinion, shackle, restrain, confine, hold
- usage: bind the arms of
- 2. pinion, disable, disenable, incapacitate
- usage: cut the wings off (of birds)
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