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fly with leaden wings

fly with leaden wings verb: to pass slowly.

Verb

fly with leaden wings (third-person singular simple present flies with leaden wings, present participle flying with leaden wings, simple past flew with leaden wings, past participle flown with leaden wings)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) To pass slowly.

Forms of fly with leaden wings

third-person singular presentflies with leaden wings
present participleflying with leaden wings
pastflew with leaden wings
past participleflown with leaden wings

Origin of fly with leaden wings

See with leaden wings.

Questions about fly with leaden wings

What does fly with leaden wings mean?
Fly with leaden wings means to pass slowly.
What part of speech is fly with leaden wings?
Fly with leaden wings is a verb.
What is the past tense of fly with leaden wings?
The past tense of fly with leaden wings is flew with leaden wings.

Words near fly with leaden wings in the dictionary

  1. fly up
  2. fly upon
  3. fly whisk
  4. fly window
  5. fly windows
  6. fly with leaden wings
  7. fly without a licence
  8. fly-ass
  9. fly-away
  10. fly-back
  11. fly-backs

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