Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pinion

3 senses of pinion

Sense 1
pinion -- (a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack)
       => gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel -- (a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion)

Sense 2
flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather -- (any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird)
       => feather, plume, plumage -- (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)

Sense 3
pennon, pinion -- (wing of a bird)
       => wing -- (a movable organ for flying (one of a pair))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pinion

2 senses of pinion

Sense 1
pinion, shackle -- (bind the arms of)
       => 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")

Sense 2
pinion -- (cut the wings off (of birds))
       => disable, disenable, incapacitate -- (make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer")