wing
/wɪŋ/
An appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly; A fin at the side of a ray or similar fish; Human arm; Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air
- plural
- wings
Meanings
- 1
An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly
The bird spreads its wings.
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The bird spread its wings.
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- 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
A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another
- 6
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
- 7
Either of two similar parts of something
- 8
One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fishrare
- 9
One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimmingrare
- 10
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 samararare