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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. the side of military or naval formation. synonyms: flank. see more. noun. a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function. “they are the progressive wing of the Republican Party”. see more. noun.
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.
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.
Definition of wing noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
wing. (wĭng) n. 1. a. One of a pair of movable appendages used for flying, as the feather-covered modified forelimb of a bird or the skin-covered modified forelimb of a bat or pterosaur. b. One of the one or two pairs of membranous structures used for flying that extend from the thorax of an insect. c.
WING meaning: 1 : a part of an animal's body that is used for flying or gliding; 2 : the wing of a bird and especially a chicken eaten as food often plural
WING definition: 1. one of the two parts that a bird or insect uses to fly 2. one of the two long, flat parts at the…. Learn more.
wing (wing), n. Birds either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight. Birds either of two corresponding parts in flightless birds, which may be rudimentary, as in certain ratite birds, or adapted for swimming, as in penguins.
