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Wing

/wɪŋ/

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noun

  1. 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
  2. Human arm.
  3. Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
  4. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
  5. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
  6. Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
  7. Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
  8. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
  9. Passage by flying; flight.
  10. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
  11. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
  12. 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.
  13. A protruding piece of material on a tampon to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
  14. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
  15. A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
  16. A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
  17. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
  18. A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
  19. A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
  20. 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.
  21. A position in several field games on either side of the field.
  22. A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
  23. A háček.
  24. One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
  25. (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
  26. A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
  27. On the Enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype

Synonyms: delta, garrison, fender, guard, forward

verb

  1. To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
  2. To fly.
  3. (of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
  4. To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
  5. To throw.
  6. To furnish with wings.
  7. To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
  8. To traverse by flying.

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