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pin·ion ¹  (pnyn)

n.

1. The wing of a bird.

2. The outer rear edge of the wing of a bird, containing the primary feathers.

3. A primary feather of a bird.

tr.v. pin·ioned, pin·ion·ing, pin·ions

1.

a. To remove or bind the wing feathers of (a bird) to prevent flight.

b. To cut or bind (the wings of a bird).

2.

a. To restrain or immobilize (a person) by binding the arms.

b. To bind (a person's arms).

3. To bind fast or hold down; shackle.

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[Middle English, from Old French pignon, from Vulgar Latin *pinni, pinnin-, from Latin penna, pinna, feather; see pinna.]

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pin·ion ²  (pnyn)

n.

A small cogwheel that engages or is engaged by a larger cogwheel or a rack.

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[French pignon, from Old French peignon, probably from peigne, comb, from Latin pecten, from pectere, to comb.]

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pinion¹

n

1. (Literature / Poetry) Chiefly poetic a bird's wing

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the part of a bird's wing including the flight feathers

vb (tr)

1. to hold or bind (the arms) of (a person) so as to restrain or immobilize him

2. to confine or shackle

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Falconry) to make (a bird) incapable of flight by removing that part of (the wing) from which the flight feathers grow

[from Old French pignon wing, from Latin pinna wing]

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pinion²

n

(Engineering / General Engineering) a cogwheel that engages with a larger wheel or rack, which it drives or by which it is driven

[from French pignon cogwheel, from Old French peigne comb, from Latin pecten comb; see pecten]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pinion - a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion lantern pinion, lantern wheel - a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks
	2.	pinion - any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird flight feather, quill feather, quill feather, plumage, plume - the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) primary feather, primary quill, primary - one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing tail feather - feather growing from the tail (uropygium) of a bird
	3.	pinion - wing of a bird pennon bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings wing - a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
Verb	1.	pinion - bind the arms of shackle restrain, confine, hold - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
	2.	pinion - cut the wings off (of birds) disable, disenable, incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

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pinion

verb immobilize, tie, bind, chain, confine, fasten, shackle, pin down, fetter, manacle His arms were pinioned against his sides.

Translations

pinion¹ [ˈpɪnjən]

A. N (poet) → ala f

B. VT [+ bird] → cortar las alas a; [+ person] → atar los brazos a
he was pinioned against the wall → lo tenían inmovilizado contra la pared

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pinion² [ˈpɪnjən] N (Mech) → piñón m

pinion [ˈpɪnjən] vt [+ person] → immobiliser
to pinion sb's arms → agripper les bras de qn

pinion

n

(Mech) → Ritzel nt, → Treibrad nt

(poet, = wing) → Fittich m (poet), → Schwinge f (poet)

(Orn) → Flügelspitze f

vt to pinion somebody to the ground/against the wall → jdn zu Boden/gegen eine Wand drücken

pinion [ˈpɪnjən] n (Tech) → pignone m

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pinion [ˈpɪnjən] n (Tech) → pignone m