wing

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
2. (countable, uncountable) A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish.
3. (countable, slang, uncountable) Human arm.
4. (countable, uncountable) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.
5. (countable, uncountable) One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
6. (countable, uncountable) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
7. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
9. (countable, uncountable) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
10. (countable, uncountable) Passage by flying; flight.
11. (countable, uncountable) Limb or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
12. (countable, uncountable) 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.
13. (countable, uncountable) One of the longer sides of crownworks or hornworks in fortification.
14. (Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, slang, uncountable) Ellipsis of prison wing, a cellblock; or prison or doing time by extension.
15. (countable, uncountable) Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air, such as a fan or vane for winnowing grain, the vane or sail of a windmill, the sail of a ship, etc.
16. (countable, uncountable) A protruding piece of material on a menstrual pad or diaper to hold it in place and prevent leakage.
17. (countable, uncountable) An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
18. (countable, uncountable) A cosmetic effect where eyeliner curves outward and ends at a point.
19. (countable, uncountable) A faction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
20. (British, countable, uncountable) An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
21. (US, countable, uncountable) An organizational grouping in a military aviation service:
22. (British, countable, uncountable) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
23. (countable, uncountable) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
24. (countable, uncountable) 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.
25. (countable, uncountable) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
26. (countable, uncountable) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger
27. (countable, informal, rare, uncountable) A háček.
28. (countable, uncountable) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
29. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
30. (countable, uncountable) A portable shelter consisting of a fabric roof on a frame, like a tent without sides.
31. (countable, uncountable) On the enneagram, one of the two adjacent types to an enneatype that forms an individual's subtype of his or her enneatype.

Verb

1. (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the wing or arm.
2. (intransitive) To fly.
3. (transitive) To add a wing (extra part) to.
4. (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
5. (transitive) To throw.
6. (transitive) To furnish with wings.
7. (transitive) To transport with, or as if with, wings; to bear in flight, or speedily.
8. (transitive) To traverse by flying.

Synonyms

feather

🪶

flank

pinion

fender

fly

✈️

side

arm

winger

shoulder

extension

plumage

mudguard

hand

✋

fin

foil

faction

annexe

soar

upper arm

ell

annex

coulisse

ala

plume

branch

vane

wing of a bird

division

slip

paddle

flight

✈️

backstage

offstage

aerofoil

outbuilding

flit

sail

cause

fell

cast off

improvise

hover

end

🔚

cast

aisle

horn

hasten

hydrofoil

edge

half

Translations

aile

🪽

ala

🪽

Flügel

🪽

ala

🪽

vleugel

ala

🪽

asa

🪽

ala

kanat

🪽

πτέρυγα

جناح

🪽

ala

🪽

ala

φτερό

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wi(ː)ŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: winge

Cognate with Danish: vinge

Cognate with Swedish: vinge

Cognate with Icelandic: vængur

In summary

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.

Sentences

The government head of its legal wing is the Attorney General of India .

The paintings are displayed on the mezzanine and second floor wing of the building .