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English Dictionary: wing	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for wing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wing n a movable organ for flying (one of a pair) one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane a stage area out of sight of the audience Synonym(s): wing, offstage, backstage a unit of military aircraft the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the enemy's right flank" Synonym(s): flank, wing 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; "they are the progressive wing of the Republican Party" the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings" a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud; "in Britain they call a fender a wing" Synonym(s): fender, wing an addition that extends a main building Synonym(s): annex, annexe, extension, wing v travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" [syn: fly, wing]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wing \Wing\, n. [OE. winge, wenge; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. vinge, Icel. v[91]ngr.] 1. 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. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings. --Deut. xxxii. 11. Note: In the wing of a bird the long quill feathers are in series. The primaries are those attached to the ulnar side of the hand; the secondaries, or wing coverts, those of the forearm: the scapulars, those that lie over the humerus; and the bastard feathers, those of the short outer digit. See Illust. of {Bird}, and {Plumage}. 2. Any similar member or instrument used for the purpose of flying. Specifically: (Zo[94]l.) (a) 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. (b) One of the large pectoral fins of the flying fishes. 3. Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing. Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak. 4. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion. Fiery expedition be my wing. --Shak. 5. 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. 6. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot. 7. Any appendage resembling the wing of a bird or insect in shape or appearance. Specifically: (a) (Zo[94]l.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming. (b) (Bot.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara. (c) (Bot.) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower. 8. One of two corresponding appendages attached; a sidepiece. Hence: (a) (Arch.) A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace. (b) (Fort.) The longer side of crownworks, etc., connecting them with the main work. (c) (Hort.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another. [Obs.] (d) (Mil.) The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc. (e) (Naut.) 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. --Totten. (f) One of the sides of the stags in a theater.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wing \Wing\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Winged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winging}.] 1. To furnish with wings; to enable to fly, or to move with celerity. Who heaves old ocean, and whowings the storms. --Pope. Living, to wing with mirth the weary hours. --Longfellow. 2. To supply with wings or sidepieces. The main battle, whose puissance on either side Shall be well winged with our chiefest horse. --Shak. 3. To transport by flight; to cause to fly. I, an old turtle, Will wing me to some withered bough. --Shak. 4. To move through in flight; to fly through. There's not an arrow wings the sky But fancy turns its point to him. --Moore. 5. To cut off the wings of; to wound in the wing; to disable a wing of; as, to wing a bird.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wing \Wing\, n. (A[89]ronautics) 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Wing, AL Zip code(s): 36483 Wing, ND (city, FIPS 86780) Location: 47.14258 N, 100.28220 W Population (1990): 208 (97 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58494