WING
\wˈɪŋ], \wˈɪŋ], \w_ˈɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of WING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a stage area out of sight of the audience
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travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"
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a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
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one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
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the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings"
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a unit of military aircraft
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a hockey player stationed in a forward positin on either side
By Princeton University
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a stage area out of sight of the audience
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travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"
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a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
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one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
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the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings"
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a unit of military aircraft
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
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One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.
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One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
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Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
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Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
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Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
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Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.
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One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
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Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
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Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
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One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
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A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace.
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A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
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The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc.
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That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
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One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
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To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.
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To supply with wings or sidepieces.
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To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
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To move through in flight; to fly through.
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To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying.
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One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.
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One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes.
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Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing.
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Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
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Anything which agitates the air as a wing does, or which is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, etc.
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Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance.
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One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
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Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara.
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Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
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One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece.
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A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace.
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A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
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The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc.
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That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle.
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One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
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To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity.
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To supply with wings or sidepieces.
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To transport by flight; to cause to fly.
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To move through in flight; to fly through.
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To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.
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An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
By Noah Webster.
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One of the two upper limbs of a bird, by which it flies; one of the thin appendages of membrane by which an insect flies; any part projecting from the main body of something; as, the wing of a house, or the right wing of an army; one of the main supporting surfaces of an airplane; passage by means of flying; as, he gave the bird wing.
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To furnish with or as with, means of flying or moving swiftly; to carry by flying; to accomplish by flying; wound in the wing.
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To fly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The organ of a bird, or other animal or insect, by which it flies: flight: any side-piece: side of an army, ship, building, etc.: (fig.) protection.
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To furnish or transport with wings: to supply with side-pieces: to wound in the wing.
By Daniel Lyons
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Limb by which an animal flies; flight; side-portion of a building, army, &c.
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To furnish with wings; transport by wings; traverse in flight; wound in the wing.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To accomplish by the aid of wings.
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To impart rapid motion to.
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To shoot in the wing; disable.
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To fly with or as with wings.
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The fore limb of a bird, adapted for flight, or something resembling or acting like it.
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Flight.
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An extension of a building at the side; the right or left division of an army.
By James Champlin Fernald
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One of two lateral petals in a papilionaceous flower; the lateral expansion on many seeds; any broad membranous expansion; the fore-limb of Birds; the flight organ of Insects.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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n. [German] One of two anterior limbs of a fowl, corresponding to the arms of a man, and by most birds used for flying ;—any similar member or instrument; the limb of an insect ; passage by flying; flight ;--motive or incitement ;—acceleration of speed ; —that which agitates the air as awing does, as a fan or vane foe winnowing grain ;---one of two corresponding appendages attached to the sides of anything; or a single appendage so attached; a side-building less than the main edifice ;—a membranous expansion of a plant ;—the tight or left division of an army, regiment, and the like ;—that part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides ;—in a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in a line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle ;—one of the sides of the stage.