pinioned
- adjective
- /ˈpɪn.jən/
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- After the accident, the injured bird lay pinioned on the ground, unable to spread its wings.
Examples
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The falcon was pinioned by the veterinarian to prevent it from escaping during treatment.
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Thus inescapably pinioned, I squelched up the path to my wedding.
Fiction book (1991) -
Holding her pinioned to the bed with the full weight of his body, he clamped the scorching teeth of the tongs into the fullness of her right breast, an inch and a half on either side of the tender brown nipple.
Fiction book (2000) -
The soldiers found the captured spy pinioned to the ground, unable to move.
Synonyms
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6.3
A person who has metal bands on the hands or feet so they cannot move
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4.2
Tied or fastened to stop movement
Tied tightly with rope or string so arms and legs cannot move
Fastened with string or rope
Tied so rope or cloth ends hold together
Held tight by metal so it cannot move or escape
Held with chains or by rules that stop you from acting
Held by a rope or chain so it cannot move far
Antonyms
How Restrained
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pinioned comes from the Latin root pinna, which means 'feather' or 'wing'. Because people once tied birds' wings to stop them flying, the same idea came to mean 'to tie someone's arms', so to be pinioned is to be bound and unable to move.