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- Dictionarywing/wɪŋ/
noun
- 1. (in a bird) a modified forelimb that bears large feathers and is used for flying. Similar
- 2. a rigid horizontal structure that projects from both sides of an aircraft and supports it in the air.
verb
- 1. travel on wings or by aircraft; fly: "George satisfied his keen urge to fly by winging homewards with the Royal Air Force" Similar
- 2. shoot (a bird) in the wing, so as to prevent flight without causing death: "one bird was winged for every bird killed"
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the flat part of the body that a bird, insect, or bat uses for flying, or one of the flat, horizontal structures that stick out from the side of an aircraft and support it when it is flying: the delicacy of a butterfly's wings. I could see the plane's wing out of my window. shene/Moment/GettyImages. [ usually plural ]
The meaning of WING is one of the movable feathered or membranous paired appendages by means of which a bird, bat, or insect is able to fly; also : such an appendage (as of an ostrich) even though rudimentary or modified so no longer having the power of flight. How to use wing in a sentence.
noun. either of the modified forelimbs of a bird that are covered with large feathers and specialized for flight in most species. one of the organs of flight of an insect, consisting of a membranous outgrowth from the thorax containing a network of veins.
the flat part of the body that a bird, insect, or bat uses for flying, or one of the flat, horizontal structures that stick out from the side of an aircraft and support it when it is flying: the delicacy of a butterfly's wings. I could see the plane's wing out of my window. shene/Moment/GettyImages. [ usually plural ]
Definition of wing noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of wing. noun. a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) see more. noun. the wing of a fowl. “he preferred the drumsticks to the wings ” see more. noun. one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane. see more. verb. travel through the air; be airborne. synonyms: fly. fly.
If you say that something or someone wings their way somewhere or wings somewhere, you mean that they go there quickly, especially by plane. A few moments later they were airborne and winging their way south.