wing
IPA: wˈɪŋ
noun
- An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly
- A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
- (slang) Human arm.
- (aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
- One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
- (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- Passage by flying; flight.
- Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
- One of the longer sides of crownworks or hornworks in fortification.
- Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, the sail of a ship, etc.
- A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
- An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
- A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
- (Britain) A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
- (US) A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
- (Britain) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
- (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
- (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
- (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
- (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
- (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
- (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
- A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
- On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.
- A surname.
- A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8822).
- A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8903).
- An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States.
- A small town in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.
verb
- (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
- (intransitive) To fly.
- (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
- (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
- (transitive) To throw.
- (transitive) To furnish with wings.
- (transitive) To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
- (transitive) To traverse by flying.
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Examples of "wing" in Sentences
- Birds have two wings.
- The bird flapped its wings.
- It is like the wings of the bird.
- The fore wings vary by size of birds.
- The movement of the wings imitates bird flight.
- The forerunner of the fixed wing aircraft is the kite.
- Plumes were everywhere after birds flocked their wings.
- The wings support the aircraft when airspeed is high enough.
- The model noun for this declension is perut, the wing of a bird.
- The fall of the pilot's mass provides the tension to fly the wing.
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