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
- adj Able to fly, or moving through the air.
- adj Brief or hurried.
- noun The act or process of traveling through the air.
frill — full definition
- noun A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
- noun A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
- noun A wrinkled edge to a film.
- noun Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.