wing
Pronunciation: /wɪŋ/
The English word “wing” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
- A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
- Human arm.
- Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
- One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
- 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.
- Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
- A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
- Passage by flying; flight.
- Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
- 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.
- Either of two similar parts of something.
- One of the longer sides of crownworks or hornworks in fortification.
- 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.
- A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
- An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
- A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
- A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- A unit of command consisting of two or more squadrons and itself being a sub-unit of a group or station.
Etymology
From Middle English winge, wenge, from Old Norse vængr ("wing of a flying animal, wing of a building"; compare vængi (“ship's cabin”)), from Proto-Germanic *wēingijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”), thus related to wind. Cognate with Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish vinge (“wing”), Elfdalian waingg (“wing”), Faroese vongur (“wing”), Icelandic vængur (“wing”), Norwegian…
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