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volant — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • flying adj Able to fly, or moving through the air.
  • frill noun A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
  • shuttlecock noun A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games.

Senses

volant is used for these senses in English:

  • flounce (sewing) A strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge; a ruffle.
  • flying That flies or can fly.
  • flywheel (mechanical engineering) A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form of energy storage.
  • frill A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
  • shuttlecock (countable) A lightweight object that is conical in shape with a cork or rubber-covered nose, used in badminton the way a ball is used in other racquet games. [from early 16th c.]
  • steering wheel A wheel-shaped control that is rotated by the driver to steer, existing in most modern land vehicles.

flying — full definition

  1. adj Able to fly, or moving through the air.
  2. adj Brief or hurried.
  3. noun The act or process of traveling through the air.

frill — full definition

  1. noun A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
  2. noun A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
  3. noun A wrinkled edge to a film.
  4. noun Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.

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