wing
See also: Wing
wing - English
Pronunciation
- enPR: wĭng, IPA: /wɪŋ/
Noun
wing (plural wings)
- An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly
- The bird was flapping its wings
- 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.
- I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.
- 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.
- to take wing
- 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.
- the west wing of the hospital
- the wings of a corkscrew
- 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, 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 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.
- Smith started the game in the centre of midfield, but moved to the wing after 30 minutes.
- (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.
- Tom's a 4 on the enneagram, with a 3 wing.
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Derived terms
- clip someone's wings
- clip the wings of
- Crow Wing County
- fixed-wing
- Red Wing
- redwing
- under-wing
- wing wall
- wingding
- winged
- winger
- wingless
- wingman
- wingspan
- wingtip
- wingwoman
- wyngz
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Verb
wing (third-person singular simple present wings, present participle winging, simple past and past participle winged or (nonstandard) wung)
- (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.
- I lost all my notes I'd made, so was partially winging the meeting.
- (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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Anagrams
wing - Chinese
Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): wing1
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wing1
- Yale: wīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: wing1
- Guangdong Romanization: wing1
- Sinological IPA : /wɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
wing
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, of person) intoxicated; tipsy
Synonyms
wing - Middle English
Noun
wing
- Alternative form of winge
wing - Tok Pisin
Noun
wing
wing - Vilamovian
Adjective
wing
- little (by amount)
wing - Yola
Noun
wing
- (figurative) cross