Wing - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
- a stage area out of sight of the audience (syn: backstage, offstage)
- a unit of military aircraft
- the side of military or naval formation (syn: flank)
- a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
- (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
- a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function
verb
Extra examples
In the library's north wing, you'll find the current periodicals.
She works in the pediatric wing of the hospital.
The guest room is in the east wing.
The team winged to Moscow for the finals.
She winged the ball over to first base.
The soldier was winged by a stray bullet.
The bird spread its wings and flew off.
I winged a word for his ears.
The pheasant flapped its wings vigorously.
She works in the hospital's maternity wing.
The bird slept with its head tucked under its wing.
The wealthy couple endowed a new wing of the hospital.
His nomination is supported by the party's left wing but opposed by the right wing.
...the left wing has lost considerable influence in the party, which is now aggressively courting political moderates...
The boy snapped the wing off his toy airplane.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: wing
he/she/it: wings
present participle: winging
past tense: winged
past participle: winged
singular: wing
plural: wings
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