pinion
/ˈpɪnjən/ verbo C2En español: atar los brazos, cortar las alas, inmovilizar
- To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
- To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.
- To restrain; to limit.
He/she/it pinions · Pasado pinioned · Participio pasado pinioned · Forma en -ing pinioning
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- pinion
- He/she/it
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- Pasado
- pinioned
- Participio pasado
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- Forma en -ing
- pinioning
De la biblioteca
It was not until Lestrade succeeded in getting his hand inside his neckcloth and half-strangling him that we made him realize that his struggles were of no avail; and even then we felt no security until we had pinioned his feet as well as his hands.
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