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Pinion synonyms

pĭn'yən

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shackle
To restrict, confine, or hamper.
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feather
Kind; nature; species (from the proverbial phrase "birds of a feather").
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pin feather
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bind
(Archaic) To cover, as with a bandage.
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confine
(Rare) To border (on) or be contiguous (with or to another region)
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fetter
To fetter is defined as to hold something back or to bind.
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wing
The definition of a wing is a forelimb of a flying animal, something used as a wing, an extension of a building, or a group of people who are an extension of an entire group of people.
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pennon
A long, narrow, triangular or swallow-tailed flag borne on a lance as an ensign, as formerly by knights and lancers
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flight-feather
Any of the large feathers of the wings or tail that support a bird in flight
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quill feather
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
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crown-wheel (related)
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bevel-gear (related)
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brakewheel (related)
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spindle (related)
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axle (related)
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roller-bearing (related)
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connecting-rod (related)
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cleat (related)
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knurl (related)
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sprocket (related)
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wheel (related)
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quill
The hollow shaft of a feather, the bottom of which attaches to the bird's skin.
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Pinion Sentence Examples

  • The crank shaft carries a pinion which gears into a toothed wheel of a coarse pitch, carrying cutters at the ends of the teeth.

  • Fixed to the pinion were three cams, for high, low and mean tides.

  • The wing of the bird, like that of the insect, is concavo-convex, and more or less twisted upon itself when extended, so that the anterior or thick margin of the pinion presents a different degree of curvature to that of the posterior or thin margin.

  • A small pinion at the base of the wiper meshes with a sliding rack below.

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