wing
Meaning of wing
noun
- An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
- Human arm.
- 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.
- Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
- 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
- Motive 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
- 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 tampon 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 fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
- A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
- 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.
- A position in several field games on either side of the field.
- A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
- A háček.
- 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.
- To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
- To fly.
- (of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
- To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
- To throw.
- To furnish with wings.
- To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
- To traverse by flying.
Information about wing
- The plural form of wing is: wings.
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Hyphenation of wing
wing
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- wing is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
wing synonyms
Meaning offstage:
Meaning flank:
Meaning fender:
Meaning annex:
Meaning fly:
Meaning :
delta, garrison, guard, forward
Translation of wing
- German: Flügel, fliegen
- French: aile, voler
- Spanish: ala, volar
- Italian: ala, volare
- Portuguese: asa, voar, facção
Anagrams of wing
Words that rhyme with wing
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