English Explanatory Dictionary

wing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
  2. A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
  3. Human arm.
  4. Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
  5. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
  6. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
  7. 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.
  8. Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
  9. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
  10. Passage by flying; flight.
  11. Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
  12. 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.
verb
  1. To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
  2. To fly.
  3. To travel swiftly.
  4. To add a wing (extra part) to.
  5. To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
  6. To throw.
  7. To furnish with wings.
  8. To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
  9. To traverse by flying.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A large village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP8822).
  3. A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8903).
  4. An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States.
  5. A small town in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.

Pronunciation

wĭng /wɪŋ/ en-us-wing.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-wing.wav /ˈwɪŋɡ/

Word forms

wing wings weng whing wyng winging winged wung

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 Nynorsk veng (“wing”). Replaced native Middle English fither (from Old English fiþre, from Proto-Germanic *fiþriją), which merged with Middle English fether (from Old English feþer, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō). More at feather.

Synonyms

forward delta garrison fender guard fling hurl bung cast chuck chunk cook dash dump feck jerk heave hield hoy huck hurtle launch lob peck peg pick pitch precipitate project quoit shy slight skew sling thrill throw toss traject warp whang whip whop wing

Derived words

air wing angel wing angel wings anglewing awing bandwing barwing bastard wing batswing bat's wing batwing bat wing bat-wing beat the wing beeswing bewing bingo wings birdwing bitewing bite wing blood wings bluewing broadwing bronze-wing bronzewing buck-and-wing buffalo wing chicken-wing chicken wing clip someone's wings clip the wings of cloudywing cloudy wing virus corkwing crimsonwing crosswing cross-wing Crow Wing cupwing cut the pigeon wing deformed wing virus delta wing dropwing duckwing duskywing earn one's wings expand one's wings fixed-wing flatwing flexwing flopwing flying wing fly with leaden wings fore wing front wing goose-wing goose wing greater wing greenwing gull-wing

Translations

Abaga: ag̶ekonaʔae Acehnese: sayeuep Afrikaans: vlerk Ahom: 𑜆𑜢𑜀𑜫 Akkadian: 𒉺 Aklanon: pakpak Albanian: krah Aleut: igasix̂ Northern Altai: канат Southern Altai: канат Amharic: ክንፍ Ao: tashikang (Chungli) Arabela: nesu Arabic: جَنَاح Arabic: كَنَف Arabic: جناح Aramaic: ܟܢܦܐ Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כנפא 'Are'are: 'apa'apa Argobba: ኽንፍ Armenian: թև Aromanian: arpã Aromanian: aripã Assamese: ডেউকা Assamese: পাখি Asturian: ala Azerbaijani: qanad West Coast Bajau: pepik Bangi: lipapu Bashkir: ҡанат Basque: hegal Belarusian: крыло́ Bengali: ডানা Bhojpuri: पंख Bau Bidayuh: rad Central Bikol: pakpak Breton: askell Bulgarian: крило́ Burmese: အတောင် Burmese: တောင်ပံ Butuanon: pagikpik Catalan: ala Catalan: banda Catalan: aler Catalan: lateral Cebuano: pako Chamorro: pappa Chechen: тӏам Bulgarian: импровизирам Finnish: innostua French: improviser German: improvisieren Interlingua: improvisar Portuguese: improvisar Spanish: improvisar
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