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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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one of the movable, usually long and flat, parts on either side of the body of a bird, insect, or bat that it uses for flying, or one of the long, flat, horizontal structures that stick out on either side of an aircraft: The duck flapped its wings and took off.
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.
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.
wing. ( wiŋ) noun. 1. one of the arm-like limbs of a bird or bat, which it usually uses in flying, or one of the similar limbs of an insect. The eagle spread his wings and flew away; The bird cannot fly as it has an injured wing; These butterflies have red and brown wings.
Definition of wing noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 ]
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.
one of the two long, flat parts at the sides of an aircraft that make it stay in the sky. wing noun [C] (CAR) one of the parts at each corner of a car above the wheels. wing noun [C] (BUILDING) a part of a large building that is joined to the side of the main part: Their offices are in the West wing. wing noun [C] (POLITICS)
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.
