Meaning of wing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
   countable, uncountable
2. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly
3. A surname.
4. A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
   countable, uncountable
5. A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish
6. A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8822).
7. Human arm.
   countable, slang, uncountable
8. Human arm
9. A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8903).
10. Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
    countable, uncountable
11. Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air
12. An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States.
13. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
    countable, uncountable
14. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish
15. A small town in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.
16. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
    countable, uncountable
17. Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or one of the bracts on a dragon fruit, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
    countable, uncountable
18. Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
    countable, uncountable
19. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
    countable, uncountable
20. Passage by flying; flight.
    countable, uncountable
21. Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
    countable, uncountable
22. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, and located at the side, such as an extension from the main building.
    countable, uncountable
23. One of the longer sides of crownworks or hornworks in fortification.
    countable, uncountable
24. Ellipsis of prison wing, a cellblock; or prison or doing time by extension.
    Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, slang, uncountable
25. 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.
    countable, uncountable
26. A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
    countable, uncountable
27. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
    countable, uncountable
28. A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
    countable, uncountable
29. A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
    countable, uncountable
30. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
    British, countable, uncountable
31. A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
    British, countable, uncountable
32. A larger formation of two or more groups, which in turn control two or more squadrons.
    US, countable, uncountable
33. A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
    British, countable, uncountable
34. A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
    countable, uncountable
35. 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.
    countable, uncountable
36. A position in several field games on either side of the field.
    countable, uncountable
37. A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
    countable, uncountable
38. A háček.
    countable, informal, rare, uncountable
39. One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
    countable, uncountable
40. The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
41. A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
    countable, uncountable
42. On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The bird was flapping its wings”

“I took my seat on the plane, overlooking the wing.”

“to take wing”

“Light thickens; and the crow / Makes wing to the rooky wood.”

“Fiery expedition be my wing.”

“the west wing of the hospital”

“the wings of a corkscrew”

“They got bro-bro stuck on the wing, cah I picked up and bullet him”

“Fair ship, that from the Italian shore, ⁠Sailest the placid ocean-plains ⁠With my lost Arthur’s loved remains, Spread thy full wings, and waft him o’er.”

“It's a bit annoying but (like sanitary pads with wings) it's worth it if you want to stay extra secure.”

“their ends may rest a little below the orlop-wing gratings”

“Smith started the game in the centre of midfield, but moved to the wing after 30 minutes.”

“The Tottenham wing was causing havoc down the right and when he broke past the bemused Sasa Balic once again, Bellamy was millimetres from connecting with his cross as the Liverpool striker hurled himself at the ball.”

“ˇ wing, wedge, hǎcek, inverted circumflex (Karel Čapek)”

“The performers crowded breathlessly in the wings.”

“Anyone and everyone with wings - press officers, operations specialists, even General Curtis LeMay, commander of the U.S. Air Force in Europe - was put on flight duty and took turns flying double shifts for "Operation Vittles."”

“Tom's a 4 on the enneagram, with a 3 wing.”

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