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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 two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight. either of two corresponding parts in flightless birds, which may be rudimentary, as in certain ratite birds, or adapted for swimming, as in penguins.
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. (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.
one of the two parts that a bird or insect uses to fly. Examples. We could hear the pigeons beating their wings. Eagles have long, broad wings. The bird is able to flap its wings very rapidly. One the bird's wings seemed to be damaged. The butterfly's wings are covered in tiny scales. wing noun [C] (AIRCRAFT) B2.
wing meaning, definition, what is wing: one of the parts of a bird’s or insect’s...: Learn more.
Definitions of 'wing' 1. The wings of a bird or insect are the two parts of its body that it uses for flying. [...] 2. The wings of an aeroplane are the long flat parts sticking out of its side which support it while it is flying. [...] 3. A wing of a building is a part of it which sticks out from the main part. [...] More. Diagram.
(in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft. see more. noun. the side of military or naval formation.
Definition of wing noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
