different between soaring vs winged

English

Verb

soaring

1. present participle of soar

Noun

soaring (plural soarings)

1. The act of mounting on the wing, or of towering in thought or mind; intellectual flight.

Adjective

soaring (comparative more soaring, superlative most soaring)

1. (sometimes figuratively) assurgent, ascending
   • Soaring fuel prices make U.S. energy policy one of the hottest issues of the presidential campaign [1].

Translations

Anagrams

• agrions, ignaros, signora

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English winged, wenged (“having wings”), past participle of wingen, from the noun winge, wenge.

Alternative forms

• wingèd (chiefly poetry)

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?ng(?)d
• IPA^(key): /w??(?)d/

Adjective

winged (not comparable)

1. Having wings.
2. Flying or soaring as if on wings.
3. Swift.
4. (in combination) having wings of a specified kind

   weak-winged

5. (in combination) having the specified number of wings

   The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.

Derived terms

• light-winged (adjective)

Translations

Etymology 2

See wing (verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w??d/

Verb

winged

1. simple past tense and past participle of wing

Etymology 3

See winge (verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?nd?d/
• Homophone: whinged

Verb

winged

1. simple past tense and past participle of winge

References

Anagrams

• Dewing, Gwendi, dewing