Definitions for Wing

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IPA: /wɪŋ/

Wing is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in Wing (ginw).

Definitions for Wing

noun

  1. either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
  2. either of two corresponding parts in flightless birds, which may be rudimentary, as in certain ratite birds, or adapted for swimming, as in penguins.
  3. one of the paired, thin, lateral extensions of the body wall of an insect, located on the mesothorax and the metathorax, by means of which it flies.
  4. a similar structure with which gods, angels, demons, etc., are conceived to be provided for the purpose of flying.
  5. Slang. an arm of a human being, especially a baseball player's pitching or throwing arm.
  6. a means or instrument of flight, travel, or progress.
  7. the act or manner of flying.
  8. something resembling or likened to a bird's wing, as a vane or sail of a windmill.
  9. Aeronautics. one of a pair of airfoils attached transversely to the fuselage of an aircraft and providing lift. both airfoils, taken collectively.
  10. Architecture. a part of a building projecting on one side of, or subordinate to, a central or main part.
  11. Furniture. either of two forward extensions of the sides of the back of an easy chair.
  12. either of the two side portions of an army or fleet, usually called right wing and left wing, and distinguished from the center; flank units.
  13. an administrative and tactical unit of the U.S. Air Force consisting of two or more groups, headquarters, and certain supporting and service units.
  14. (in flight formation) noting a position to the side and just to the rear of another airplane.
  15. Fortification. either of the longer sides of a crownwork, uniting it to the main work.
  16. Sports. (in some team games) any one of the positions, or a player in such a position, on the far side of the center position, known as the left and right wings with reference to the direction of the opposite goal.
  17. Theater. the platform or space on the right or left of the stage proper. wing flat.
  18. Anatomy. an ala:
  19. Botany. any leaflike expansion, as of a samara. one of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
  20. either of the parts of a double door, screen, etc.
  21. the feather of an arrow.
  22. a faction within a political party, as at one extreme or the other:
  23. Nautical. one of the far side areas of the hold of a merchant vessel.
  24. British. a fender of an automobile, truck, bicycle, or other vehicle.

Idioms

  1. on the wing, in flight, or flying: in motion; traveling; active:
  2. take wing, to begin to fly; take to the air. to leave in haste; depart:
  3. under one's wing, under one's protection, care, or patronage:
  4. wing it, Informal. to accomplish or execute something without sufficient preparation or experience; improvise:

verb (used with object)

  1. to equip with wings.
  2. to enable to fly, move rapidly, etc.; lend speed or celerity to.
  3. to supply with a winglike part, a side structure, etc.
  4. to transport on or as on wings.
  5. to perform or accomplish by wings.
  6. to traverse in flight.
  7. to wound or disable in the wing:
  8. to wound (a person) in an arm or other nonvital part.
  9. to bring down (as a flying bird) by a shot.
  10. Informal. to throw; lob:
  11. to brush or clean with a wing.
  12. Theater. to perform (a part, role, etc.) relying on prompters in the wings.

verb (used without object)

  1. to travel on or as if on wings; fly; soar:

Origin of Wing

1125-75; Middle English wenge (plural noun) Old Danish wingæ; compare Norwegian, Swedish vinge, Old Norse vǣngr

Examples for Wing

So let the little angels sing: This child is safe beneath our wing.

Without it he is helpless, lost at sea, wing broken, crippled in business.

Murphy took him under his wing, and one day he gave Rock To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With.

Mr. wing is an American-born Chinese and practises the profession of a valet.

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He understood everything and he was resolved that his wing should not be broken.

If we can wing another they're likely to let us alone and we can go on.

Bush, meanwhile, hails from the more moderate “establishment” wing of the GOP.

But perhaps a better name for this crowd would be “the Dan Malloy wing of the Democratic Party.”

Is Clinton too close to the Wall Street-Goldman Sachs wing of the Democratic Party?

Word Value for Wing
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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