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wing
(w/I//N/ )

noun (n)

  • a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)(noun.animal)
    source: wordnet30
  • one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • a stage area out of sight of the audience(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    backstage, offstage
    source: wordnet30
  • a unit of military aircraft(noun.group)
    source: wordnet30
  • the side of military or naval formation(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    flank
    source: wordnet30
  • a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft(noun.location)
    source: wordnet30
  • a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function(noun.group)
    Example:
    They are the progressive wing of the Republican Party.
    source: wordnet30
  • the wing of a fowl(noun.food)
    Example:
    He preferred the drumsticks to the wings.
    source: wordnet30
  • a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    In Britain they call a fender a wing.
    Synonym:
    fender
    source: wordnet30
  • an addition that extends a main building(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    annex, annexe, extension
    source: wordnet30
  • One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich, auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • Any surface used primarily for supporting a flying machine in flight, whether by edge-on motion, or flapping, or rotation; specif., either of a pair of supporting planes of a flying machine.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • travel through the air; be airborne(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    fly
    source: wordnet30
  • To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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