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- Dictionarywing/wiNG/
noun
- 1. (in a bird) a modified forelimb that bears large feathers and is used for flying. Similar
- 2. a rigid horizontal structure that projects from both sides of an aircraft and supports it in the air.
verb
- 1. travel on wings or by aircraft; fly: "a bird came winging around the corner" Similar
- 2. shoot (a bird) in the wing, so as to prevent flight without causing death: "one bird was winged for every bird killed"
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The meaning of WING is one of the movable feathered or membranous paired appendages by means of which a bird, bat, or insect is able to fly; also : such an appendage (as of an ostrich) even though rudimentary or modified so no longer having the power of flight. How to use wing in a sentence.
one of the movable, usually long and flat, parts on either side of the body of a bird, insect, or bat that it uses for flying, or one of the long, flat, horizontal structures that stick out on either side of an aircraft: The duck flapped its wings and took off.
noun. either of the modified forelimbs of a bird that are covered with large feathers and specialized for flight in most species. one of the organs of flight of an insect, consisting of a membranous outgrowth from the thorax containing a network of veins.
wing. ( wiŋ) noun. 1. one of the arm-like limbs of a bird or bat, which it usually uses in flying, or one of the similar limbs of an insect. The eagle spread his wings and flew away; The bird cannot fly as it has an injured wing; These butterflies have red and brown wings.
WING meaning: 1 : a part of an animal's body that is used for flying or gliding; 2 : the wing of a bird and especially a chicken eaten as food often plural
The wings of a bird or insect are the two parts of its body that it uses for flying. The bird flapped its wings furiously. She saw the occasional glimmer of a moth's wings. Synonyms: organ of flight, pinion [poetic], pennon [poetic] More Synonyms of wing. -winged combining form. ...black-winged birds. 2. countable noun B2.
Definition of wing noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
the flat part of the body that a bird, insect, or bat uses for flying, or one of the flat, horizontal structures that stick out from the side of an aircraft and support it when it is flying: the delicacy of a butterfly's wings. I could see the plane's wing out of my window. shene/Moment/GettyImages. [ usually plural ]
one of the two parts that a bird or insect uses to fly. Examples. We could hear the pigeons beating their wings. Eagles have long, broad wings. The bird is able to flap its wings very rapidly. One the bird's wings seemed to be damaged. The butterfly's wings are covered in tiny scales. wing noun [C] (AIRCRAFT) B2.
wing (wing), n. Birds either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight. Birds either of two corresponding parts in flightless birds, which may be rudimentary, as in certain ratite birds, or adapted for swimming, as in penguins.
